first name
ROSALYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,902 people named Rosalyn, 42.9% reported their origin as White, 34.9% as Black and 12.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rosalyn peaked in 1955, when 422 babies got the name.
At least 23,278 babies have been given the name since 1899. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Rosalyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #835. The largest share of babies named Rosalyn, 27.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rosalyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosalyn has been most common in Georgia (1.9×), New York (1.9×), and Louisiana (1.4×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.19×).
17,996 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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