Meaning not yet researched.
Roselyn: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 259 in 2025. Its best rank was #593 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #593 in 1931; #979 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Roselyn in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#979 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1931, at #593.
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Roselyn: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 259 girls in 2025. Peak: #593 in 1931 · most girls in one year: 459 (2018).
In 2025, 259 US girls were named Roselyn, making it the 979th most common girls’ name of the year, up 51 places from #1,030 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 245 girls named Roselyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #593, reached in 1931. The most girls given the name in a single year was 459, in 2018. For comparison, it was #735 in 2015 and #934 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roselyn in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1894 with 5 babies. In all, 14,556 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,615 babies named Roselyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,577 US girls were named Roselyn; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 459. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,206 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Roselyn ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #687 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), Rosalyn (23,278 babies since 1880), Rosalynn (3,533 babies since 1880) and Roselynn (2,985 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Roseline, Rosellen and Roselene are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Roseline (1,400), Rosellen (795), Roselene (222), Roselynne (110), Roseleen (78), Rosselin (22), Roselean (18), Rocelin (6), Rozelynn (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Roselyn in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 34 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7 | #687 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #721 | #862 |
| Ohio | 12 | #788 | #886 |
| Missouri | 7 | #800 | #730 |
| Illinois | 11 | #842 | #1,147 |
| Florida | 19 | #860 | #605 |
| Washington | 7 | #890 | #825 |
| Texas | 33 | #899 | #643 |
| Indiana | 7 | #903 | #1,232 |
| Alabama | 5 | #925 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #945 | #890 |
| California | 29 | #962 | #511 |
| Georgia | 10 | #973 | #770 |
| Virginia | 7 | #1,019 | #930 |
| Colorado | 5 | #1,028 | — |
| New York | 10 | #1,399 | #813 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,409 | #705 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 259 | #979 | — | — |
| 2024 | 245 | #1,030 | — | — |
| 2023 | 287 | #926 | — | — |
| 2022 | 342 | #821 | — | — |
| 2021 | 387 | #737 | — | — |
| 2020 | 383 | #728 | — | — |
| 2019 | 432 | #672 | — | — |
| 2018 | 459 | #647 | — | — |
| 2017 | 439 | #670 | — | — |
| 2016 | 344 | #836 | — | — |
| 2015 | 384 | #735 | — | — |
| 2014 | 340 | #817 | — | — |
| 2013 | 328 | #821 | — | — |
| 2012 | 312 | #857 | — | — |
| 2011 | 298 | #881 | — | — |
| 2010 | 279 | #930 | — | — |
| 2009 | 289 | #928 | — | — |
| 2008 | 325 | #857 | — | — |
| 2007 | 293 | #924 | — | — |
| 2006 | 402 | #710 | — | — |
| 2005 | 392 | #702 | — | — |
| 2004 | 449 | #612 | — | — |
| 2003 | 240 | #969 | — | — |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,491 | — | — |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,084 | — | — |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,969 | — | — |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,668 | — | — |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,285 | — | — |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,969 | — | — |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,748 | — | — |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,834 | — | — |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,791 | — | — |
| 1993 | 58 | #2,261 | — | — |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,257 | — | — |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,612 | — | — |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,133 | — | — |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,645 | — | — |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,082 | — | — |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,900 | — | — |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,504 | — | — |
| 1985 | 54 | #2,014 | — | — |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,180 | — | — |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,229 | — | — |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,752 | — | — |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,185 | — | — |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,799 | — | — |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,297 | — | — |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,115 | — | — |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,653 | — | — |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,077 | — | — |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,555 | — | — |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,541 | — | — |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,823 | — | — |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,964 | — | — |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,749 | — | — |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,981 | — | — |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,557 | — | — |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,430 | — | — |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,593 | — | — |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,508 | — | — |
| 1965 | 61 | #1,420 | — | — |
| 1964 | 68 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 1963 | 74 | #1,288 | — | — |
| 1962 | 64 | #1,391 | — | — |
| 1961 | 73 | #1,302 | — | — |
| 1960 | 76 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,173 | — | — |
| 1958 | 73 | #1,249 | — | — |
| 1957 | 97 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1956 | 90 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1955 | 97 | #1,024 | — | — |
| 1954 | 93 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 1953 | 97 | #973 | — | — |
| 1952 | 106 | #901 | — | — |
| 1951 | 96 | #950 | — | — |
| 1950 | 92 | #934 | — | — |
| 1949 | 84 | #979 | — | — |
| 1948 | 99 | #880 | — | — |
| 1947 | 109 | #841 | — | — |
| 1946 | 91 | #873 | — | — |
| 1945 | 82 | #838 | — | — |
| 1944 | 88 | #815 | — | — |
| 1943 | 119 | #702 | — | — |
| 1942 | 132 | #652 | — | — |
| 1941 | 97 | #718 | — | — |
| 1940 | 106 | #674 | — | — |
| 1939 | 97 | #696 | — | — |
| 1938 | 91 | #721 | — | — |
| 1937 | 97 | #698 | — | — |
| 1936 | 110 | #632 | — | — |
| 1935 | 84 | #740 | — | — |
| 1934 | 85 | #727 | — | — |
| 1933 | 82 | #731 | — | — |
| 1932 | 106 | #653 | — | — |
| 1931 | 125 | #593 | — | — |
| 1930 | 134 | #595 | — | — |
| 1929 | 118 | #643 | — | — |
| 1928 | 113 | #660 | — | — |
| 1927 | 123 | #653 | — | — |
| 1926 | 103 | #720 | — | — |
| 1925 | 114 | #691 | — | — |
| 1924 | 100 | #741 | — | — |
| 1923 | 99 | #733 | — | — |
| 1922 | 111 | #699 | — | — |
| 1921 | 81 | #821 | — | — |
| 1920 | 81 | #812 | — | — |
| 1919 | 80 | #790 | — | — |
| 1918 | 80 | #800 | — | — |
| 1917 | 73 | #810 | — | — |
| 1916 | 68 | #823 | — | — |
| 1915 | 67 | #806 | — | — |
| 1914 | 50 | #839 | — | — |
| 1913 | 30 | #998 | — | — |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,360 | — | — |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,501 | — | — |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,273 | — | — |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,255 | — | — |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,341 | — | — |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,667 | — | — |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,633 | — | — |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,564 | — | — |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,639 | — | — |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,897 | — | — |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,663 | — | — |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,676 | — | — |
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).