Rosalyn
Rosalyn is ranked 888th among girls in 2024 (303 births). Its best rank was 413th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- #888outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 3030.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1955422 births
- Best rank
- #413in 1952
- Since 1899
- 23,040people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,040 girls have been named Rosalyn in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1955, with 422 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 16%. It has spent 85 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rosalyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 100 | |
| 1910s | 740 | |
| 1920s | 1,669 | |
| 1930s | 1,831 | |
| 1940s | 2,580 | |
| 1950s | 3,779 | |
| 1960s | 2,808 | |
| 1970s | 1,982 | |
| 1980s | 1,552 | |
| 1990s | 933 | |
| 2000s | 1,192 | |
| 2010s | 2,368 | |
| 2020s | 1,499 |
In 1955, its biggest year
Rosalyn was the 431st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1955 were Mary, Deborah, Linda, Debra and Susan. See all of 1955.
Names that rose and fell with Rosalyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Romeliapeak 1954
- Joellapeak 2016
- Gwenpeak 1959
- Cozettepeak 2013
- Estelapeak 2022
- Roslynpeak 1956
- Twylapeak 1964
- Rositapeak 1966
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.