Roisin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ro-SHEEN
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #865 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Roisin is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “little rose”. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies) and 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
What does Roisin mean?
Irish: Irish diminutive of Róis, Rose
“little rose”
Róisín Dubh, dark little rose, is a famous Irish song in which the name is a poetic symbol of Ireland.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Roisin a girl's or a boy's name?
Roisin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK and 64 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roisin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #865among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Roisin, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 892nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 217 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Roisin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Roisin in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales, 474th in Scotland and 177th in Northern Ireland.
Roisin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #865 |
| 2024 | 48 | #826 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 48 | #806 |
| 2021 | 66 | #630 |
| 2020 | 43 | #892 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 56 | #762 |
| 2017 | 66 | #683 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 81 | #574 |
| 2014 | 60 | #712 |
| 2013 | 71 | #631 |
| 2012 | 69 | #660 |
| 2011 | 77 | #581 |
| 2010 | 85 | #529 |
| 2009 | 104 | #450 |
| 2008 | 109 | #434 |
| 2007 | 110 | #411 |
| 2006 | 99 | #450 |
| 2005 | 127 | #348 |
| 2004 | 103 | #396 |
| 2003 | 128 | #326 |
| 2002 | 122 | #330 |
| 2001 | 159 | #283 |
| 2000 | 146 | #288 |
| 1999 | 164 | #269 |
| 1998 | 206 | #232 |
| 1997 | 217 | #216 |
| 1996 | 166 | #259 |
How popular is Roisin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,691among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Roisin, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had the most girls named Roisin of any year since it first appeared, in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Roisin in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roisin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
Names like Roisin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Rowan Raegan Teagan Caitlin Eden Cassidy Ffion Fallon Quinn Niamh
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Roisin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roisin, updated 20 October 2026.