Rosalind

Rosalind was the #1,518 girls' name in the US in 2025 (140 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Rosalind as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rosalind as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Rosalind as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,518 (140)#1,639 (18)——#1,668 (14)
2024#1,466 (149)#1,895 (15)——#1,479 (16)
2023#1,439 (155)#1,325 (24)——#1,678 (13)
2022#1,431 (157)#1,501 (20)——#1,415 (16)
2021#1,312 (172)#957 (36)——#1,229 (20)
2020#1,422 (153)#992 (34)—#628 (5)#1,295 (18)
2019#1,255 (185)#1,039 (33)——#1,186 (21)
2018#1,255 (184)#886 (42)——#1,507 (15)
2017#1,210 (198)#836 (46)#666 (4)—#1,382 (17)
2016#1,425 (162)#1,112 (31)——#1,399 (17)
2015#1,532 (146)#923 (39)——#2,179 (9)
2014#1,967 (101)#890 (42)#802 (3)—#1,455 (16)
2013#2,096 (91)#1,048 (34)——#2,058 (10)
2012#2,474 (74)#1,018 (35)——#2,338 (8)
2011#2,796 (62)#1,489 (20)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1942 at #292.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rosalind is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rosalind by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Rosalind (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Rosalind (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RosalindCanadaGirls#1,66814
RosalindEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
RosalindIrelandGirls—too few
RosalindNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RosalindScotlandGirls—too few
RosalindUSGirls#1,518140