Roslyn

Roslyn was the #1,427 girls' name in the US in 2025 (151 babies), and #1,974 in Canada.

Roslyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Roslyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Roslyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,427 (151)———#1,974 (11)—
2024#1,363 (167)#4,193 (5)#790 (3)—#1,348 (18)—
2023#1,446 (154)#5,688 (3)#749 (3)#856 (3)#1,369 (17)—
2022#1,259 (190)#5,670 (3)——#1,635 (13)—
2021#1,379 (159)#5,581 (3)——#1,681 (13)—
2020#1,369 (159)#5,493 (3)——#1,359 (17)—
2019#1,239 (189)———#1,798 (12)—
2018#1,346 (167)#3,178 (7)——#1,639 (13)—
2017#1,303 (180)#3,583 (6)——#1,382 (17)—
2016#1,152 (218)#4,096 (5)#502 (6)—#1,335 (18)—
2015#1,311 (181)———#1,499 (15)—
2014#1,268 (190)#5,691 (3)——#1,340 (18)—
2013#1,351 (172)#3,160 (7)#564 (5)—#1,599 (14)—
2012#1,552 (141)—#815 (3)—#1,350 (18)—
2011#1,564 (140)—#810 (3)#937 (3)#2,348 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1927 at #396.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.
  • 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
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Roslyn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,700 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Roslyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,742CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth 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: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Roslyn (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#1,10010

Roslyn (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
RoslynCanadaGirls#1,97411
RoslynEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RoslynIrelandGirls—too few
RoslynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RoslynNSWGirls—too few
RoslynScotlandGirls—too few
RoslynUSGirls#1,427151
RoslynUSBoys—too few