How rare is the name Roslyn?

11,760 people in the United States have the first name Roslyn, about 1 in 25,683. It ranks #2,225 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSLYN

#2,225

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,760
About
1 in 25,683
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,760 people named Roslyn, 47.3% reported their origin as White, 38.4% as Black and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roslyn peaked in 1956, when 376 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
1956
Births that year
376
In 2025*
151 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,657 babies have been given the name since 1891. 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.

Roslyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #789. The largest share of babies named Roslyn, 28.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,34211
1900s#1,873106
1910s#1,0441,061
1920s#7892,512
1930s#9271,679
1940s#9771,962
1950s#9522,941
1960s#1,1032,530
1970s#1,7351,243
1980s#2,610751
1990s#4,047542
2000s#4,506648
2010s#2,4561,691
2020s#2,564980
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2717%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.4%
Baby boom 1946–6428.3%
Generation X 1965–8012.9%
Millennials 1981–965.7%
Generation Z 1997–126.3%
2013 and later12.2%

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 Roslyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roslyn has been most common in New York (4.8×), Maryland (2.3×), and Louisiana (1.7×), and least common in Kentucky (0.13×).

13,837 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.

Either side of Roslyn

#2,223 Berta · 11,771#2,224 Messiah · 11,767#2,226 Tyrell · 11,752#2,227 Elba · 11,747

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roslyn, most common first.

#1,832 Rosalyn · 15,902#2,497 Roselyn · 9,798#11,516 Rozlyn · 1,108#12,677 Roslynn · 976#16,074 Rosslyn · 707#19,811 Rosilyn · 529#25,390 Roslin · 374

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