Rosalin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROZ-a-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Rosalin is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “horse + gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Rosalin mean?
Germanic: variant of Rosalind or Rosaline
“horse + gentle”
A form of Rosalind; Rosaline is Romeo's first love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Is Rosalin a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosalin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rosalin in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 4 girls.
Rosalin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 2 | #5,792 |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 2 | #5,287 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Rosalin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Rosalin, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Rosalin in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 401 girls in the US were given Rosalin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #705, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Rosalin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Nicknames for Rosalin
Names like Rosalin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robyn Charlotte Eloise Alice Emma Amelia Eleanor Elodie Delilah Evelyn Harriet Ella
Other spellings of Rosalin
Names related to Rosalin
Rosalina Roselyn Rosaline Roslyn Rosaleen Roseline Rosslyn Roslynn
More Germanic names
Liam Henry William Archie Charlie Freddie Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles Charles Lottie Avery
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, “Rosalin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosalin, updated 20 October 2026.