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Rosilyn

Gender
Girl
Say it
ROZ-ih-lin
Origin
Modern

Rosilyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Rosilyn come from?

Modern: blend of Rose and the ending -lyn; a variant of Rosalyn

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

Rosilyn is a girls' name.

How popular is Rosilyn in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.

Half of all the girls named Rosilyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.

1930Busiest: 22 in 19492023
Rosilyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20239#10,307
20229#10,377
20217#12,201
20209#10,245
201910#9,730
20185#15,677
201711#9,337
20167#12,871
20157#13,001
20145#16,507
20136#14,577
20126#14,956
201110#10,370
20100–
20095#17,288
20085#17,498
20070–
20068#12,415
20050–
20045#16,092
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19908#9,241
19896#10,841
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19836#9,013
19826#9,235
19815#10,409
19800–
19795#10,208
19785#9,748
19778#6,890
19768#6,609
19758#6,482
19747#6,898
197315#3,970
19728#5,957
19716#7,386
19707#6,361
19699#5,056
196812#3,999
196716#3,210
196616#3,147
196510#4,201
196410#4,354
196312#3,800
196212#3,781
196113#3,607
196016#3,094
195912#3,618
195813#3,378
195720#2,562
195612#3,492
19559#4,068
19548#4,276
195314#2,920
195218#2,501
195115#2,693
195020#2,184
194922#2,068
19489#3,591
19478#4,005
194612#2,879
194511#2,741
19447#3,685
194311#2,860
19426#4,122
19415#4,418
19407#3,501
19397#3,427
19385#4,340
19376#3,798
19360–
19350–
19340–
19335#4,216
193210#2,829
19315#4,329
19307#3,656

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Sources

Figures from 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, “Rosilyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosilyn, updated 20 October 2026.