girl's name

Roselyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 14,985

the United States

#979

2025 births

Roselyn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 259 babies in the United States, ranking #979. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 2018, when 459 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 12,801 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1894.

Roselyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,615
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Roselyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 11
1900s 62
1910s 492
1920s 1,043
1930s 1,011
1940s 1,007
1950s 924
1960s 644
1970s 420
1980s 436
1990s 440
2000s 2,548
2010s 3,615
2020s (to 2025) 1,903

How popular is Roselyn?

In 2025, Roselyn was given to 259 babies in the United States, ranking #979 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Roselyn is used

Scotland #539 3 in 1978
United States #979 259 in 2025
Canada #1,300 19 in 2024
England & Wales #2,655 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Roselyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Roselyn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Roselyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Roselyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Roselyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Roselyn

How popular is the name Roselyn?

In 2025, Roselyn was given to 259 babies in the United States, ranking #979 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Roselyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Roselyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Roselyn most popular?

Roselyn peaked in 2018, when 459 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Roselyn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Roselyn currently ranks #979 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.