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Rosalyn: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 237 in 2025. Its best rank was #413 in 1952.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #413 in 1952; #1,051 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rosalyn in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,051 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1952, at #413.
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Rosalyn: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 237 girls in 2025. Peak: #413 in 1952 · most girls in one year: 422 (1955).
In 2025, 237 US girls were named Rosalyn, making it the 1,051st most common girls’ name of the year, down 163 places from #888 in 2024. That is 67 fewer than the 304 girls named Rosalyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #413, reached in 1952. The most girls given the name in a single year was 422, in 1955. For comparison, it was #1,138 in 2015 and #435 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rosalyn in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1899 with 7 babies. In all, 23,278 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 3,779 babies named Rosalyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,943 US girls were named Rosalyn; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 332. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,782 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rosalyn ranked highest in Kentucky in 2025, at #495 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Roslyn (18,657 babies since 1880), Rosaline (3,984 babies since 1880), Rosalynn (3,533 babies since 1880) and Roselyn (14,556 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rosaleen, Rosalin and Rozalyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Linda, Rosa, Rose and Roz.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Rosaleen (1,218), Rosalin (908), Rozalyn (870), Roselin (720), Rosilyn (642), Rosalene (504), Rozalynn (366), Rosselyn (343), Roselyne (245), Rosealynn (142), Rosealyn (102), Rozelyn (95), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 32 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 9 | #495 | — |
| Maryland | 8 | #643 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #689 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #715 | — |
| Michigan | 11 | #729 | #981 |
| Indiana | 8 | #797 | #843 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #805 | #1,211 |
| Ohio | 11 | #864 | #694 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #902 | — |
| Missouri | 6 | #909 | #555 |
| California | 28 | #994 | #1,374 |
| Arizona | 6 | #1,015 | #936 |
| Virginia | 7 | #1,018 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #1,021 | #1,082 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #1,043 | #1,367 |
| Georgia | 9 | #1,052 | #1,719 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,102 | #914 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,162 | #1,248 |
| Texas | 21 | #1,258 | #1,904 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 237 | #1,051 | — | — |
| 2024 | 304 | #888 | — | — |
| 2023 | 252 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 2022 | 290 | #935 | — | — |
| 2021 | 332 | #833 | — | — |
| 2020 | 322 | #849 | — | — |
| 2019 | 312 | #860 | — | — |
| 2018 | 313 | #868 | — | — |
| 2017 | 298 | #901 | — | — |
| 2016 | 283 | #958 | — | — |
| 2015 | 223 | #1,138 | — | — |
| 2014 | 271 | #987 | — | — |
| 2013 | 196 | #1,232 | — | — |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,404 | — | — |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,431 | — | — |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,518 | — | — |
| 2009 | 157 | #1,485 | — | — |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,617 | — | — |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,867 | — | — |
| 2006 | 153 | #1,459 | — | — |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,606 | — | — |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,665 | — | — |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,909 | — | — |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,719 | — | — |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,848 | — | — |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,980 | — | — |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,870 | — | — |
| 1998 | 74 | #2,022 | — | — |
| 1997 | 86 | #1,764 | — | — |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,928 | — | — |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,666 | — | — |
| 1994 | 91 | #1,660 | — | — |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,607 | — | — |
| 1992 | 118 | #1,398 | — | — |
| 1991 | 113 | #1,426 | — | — |
| 1990 | 107 | #1,465 | — | — |
| 1989 | 125 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 1988 | 115 | #1,277 | — | — |
| 1987 | 140 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 1986 | 145 | #1,044 | — | — |
| 1985 | 167 | #942 | — | — |
| 1984 | 145 | #1,000 | — | — |
| 1983 | 150 | #977 | — | — |
| 1982 | 177 | #875 | — | — |
| 1981 | 180 | #864 | — | — |
| 1980 | 208 | #791 | — | — |
| 1979 | 220 | #742 | — | — |
| 1978 | 231 | #690 | — | — |
| 1977 | 245 | #657 | — | — |
| 1976 | 198 | #743 | — | — |
| 1975 | 124 | #993 | — | — |
| 1974 | 151 | #866 | — | — |
| 1973 | 163 | #805 | — | — |
| 1972 | 187 | #749 | — | — |
| 1971 | 226 | #681 | — | — |
| 1970 | 237 | #673 | — | — |
| 1969 | 226 | #661 | — | — |
| 1968 | 246 | #613 | — | — |
| 1967 | 245 | #608 | — | — |
| 1966 | 257 | #591 | — | — |
| 1965 | 304 | #543 | — | — |
| 1964 | 278 | #597 | — | — |
| 1963 | 308 | #555 | — | — |
| 1962 | 284 | #589 | — | — |
| 1961 | 341 | #529 | — | — |
| 1960 | 319 | #542 | — | — |
| 1959 | 335 | #529 | — | — |
| 1958 | 343 | #525 | — | — |
| 1957 | 343 | #514 | — | — |
| 1956 | 385 | #476 | — | — |
| 1955 | 422 | #431 | — | — |
| 1954 | 397 | #440 | — | — |
| 1953 | 419 | #425 | — | — |
| 1952 | 417 | #413 | — | — |
| 1951 | 370 | #437 | — | — |
| 1950 | 348 | #435 | — | — |
| 1949 | 310 | #455 | — | — |
| 1948 | 299 | #462 | — | — |
| 1947 | 270 | #502 | — | — |
| 1946 | 277 | #472 | — | — |
| 1945 | 221 | #489 | — | — |
| 1944 | 213 | #495 | — | — |
| 1943 | 251 | #467 | — | — |
| 1942 | 265 | #452 | — | — |
| 1941 | 238 | #445 | — | — |
| 1940 | 236 | #445 | — | — |
| 1939 | 243 | #432 | — | — |
| 1938 | 199 | #470 | — | — |
| 1937 | 180 | #488 | — | — |
| 1936 | 166 | #505 | — | — |
| 1935 | 152 | #522 | — | — |
| 1934 | 189 | #470 | — | — |
| 1933 | 158 | #508 | — | — |
| 1932 | 187 | #484 | — | — |
| 1931 | 161 | #516 | — | — |
| 1930 | 196 | #479 | — | — |
| 1929 | 170 | #524 | — | — |
| 1928 | 186 | #505 | — | — |
| 1927 | 192 | #506 | — | — |
| 1926 | 176 | #527 | — | — |
| 1925 | 190 | #511 | — | — |
| 1924 | 189 | #521 | — | — |
| 1923 | 146 | #602 | — | — |
| 1922 | 141 | #618 | — | — |
| 1921 | 147 | #598 | — | — |
| 1920 | 132 | #624 | — | — |
| 1919 | 133 | #610 | — | — |
| 1918 | 118 | #652 | — | — |
| 1917 | 89 | #748 | — | — |
| 1916 | 104 | #674 | — | — |
| 1915 | 108 | #636 | — | — |
| 1914 | 59 | #756 | — | — |
| 1913 | 56 | #700 | — | — |
| 1912 | 39 | #805 | — | — |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,158 | — | — |
| 1909 | 21 | #903 | — | — |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,189 | — | — |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,080 | — | — |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,153 | — | — |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,630 | — | — |
| 1903 | 14 | #964 | — | — |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,895 | — | — |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,371 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).