Roslyn — #1366 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Roslyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 18,492 babies named Roslyn between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Roslyn currently holds the #1366 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 376 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roslyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,942 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Roslyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5,190 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Roslyn in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roslyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18,492 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.