Girls' name · peaked in 1927
Roslyn name popularity since 1925
16,278 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Roslyn. Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Roslyn is about 66 years old in 2026. Roslyn peaked in 1927 as the #397 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,278
- Named Roslyn, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1927
- #397 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,433 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 16,268 girls · 10 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 4.08× its national share
Peak year is the year Roslyn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Roslyn births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1956. Measured as a share of all babies, Roslyn peaked in 1927.
- Steepest fall: Between 1930 and 1935, Roslyn's share of baby girls fell by 44%.
- Fastest rise: Between 2010 and 2015, it became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 15,700 baby girls to 1 in 9,860.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Roslyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Roslyn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Roslyn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,306 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 1,679 | 0 | #555 |
| 1940s | 1,957 | 5 | #546 |
| 1950s | 2,941 | 0 | #535 |
| 1960s | 2,530 | 0 | #571 |
| 1970s | 1,243 | 0 | #1,217 |
| 1980s | 751 | 0 | #1,617 |
| 1990s | 542 | 0 | #2,093 |
| 2000s | 648 | 0 | #2,726 |
| 2010s | 1,691 | 0 | #1,312 |
| 2020–25 | 980 | 0 | #1,433 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
32.4% of babies named Roslyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Roslyn is most popular
The index compares Roslyn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Roslyn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 4.08× | 3,749 |
| Maryland | 2.60× | 481 |
| Louisiana | 1.96× | 425 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.75× | 1,077 |
| New Jersey | 1.55× | 517 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Roslyn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Roslyn (this page) | 16,268 | 1927 |
| Rozlyn | 1,483 | 2016 |
| Roslynn | 1,339 | 2014 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Roslyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Roslyn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Roslyn (1927).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data