NameTides

Rosalyn

Rosalyn was the #1,047 girls' name in the US in 2025 (237 babies), and #1,271 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Rosalyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rosalyn 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Rosalyn 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,047 (237)#1,271 (25)——#1,265 (20)
2024#887 (304)#2,116 (13)——#1,234 (20)
2023#1,006 (252)#2,504 (10)—#856 (3)#1,203 (20)
2022#930 (290)#2,488 (10)——#1,252 (19)
2021#832 (332)#1,692 (17)——#997 (27)
2020#847 (322)#2,300 (11)——#1,249 (19)
2019#859 (312)#1,562 (19)——#1,032 (25)
2018#865 (313)#1,977 (14)#809 (3)—#1,031 (25)
2017#899 (298)#1,681 (18)——#1,230 (20)
2016#958 (283)#1,920 (15)——#1,280 (19)
2015#1,135 (223)#1,549 (20)——#951 (27)
2014#984 (271)#2,058 (13)——#1,681 (13)
2013#1,227 (196)#1,639 (18)——#1,057 (24)
2012#1,396 (165)#2,969 (8)——#1,472 (16)
2011#1,427 (159)#2,025 (13)——#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1952 at #413.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1899.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 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 6,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rosalyn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rosalyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #690MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth 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: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Rosalyn (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#1,01811

Rosalyn (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
RosalynCanadaGirls#1,26520
RosalynEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
RosalynIrelandGirls—too few
RosalynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RosalynScotlandGirls—too few
RosalynUSGirls#1,047237