Roslyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,427 for girls
Roslyn is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,427th for girls in the US (151 babies).
What does Roslyn mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Roslyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Roslyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 151 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roslyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Roslyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Roslyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Roslyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,427among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the US were named Roslyn, making it the 1,427th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,369th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 376 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
2025 had fewer girls named Roslyn than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Roslyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 193 girls in the US were given Roslyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,078, up from #1,427 for this spelling alone.
Roslyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,427 |
| 2024 | 167 | #1,363 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,446 |
| 2022 | 190 | #1,259 |
| 2021 | 159 | #1,379 |
| 2020 | 159 | #1,369 |
| 2019 | 189 | #1,239 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,346 |
| 2017 | 180 | #1,303 |
| 2016 | 218 | #1,152 |
| 2015 | 181 | #1,311 |
| 2014 | 190 | #1,268 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2012 | 141 | #1,552 |
| 2011 | 140 | #1,564 |
| 2010 | 113 | #1,809 |
| 2009 | 99 | #2,064 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,137 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,700 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 65 | #2,078 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,938 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,938 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,961 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 74 | #1,603 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,414 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,585 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 85 | #1,433 |
| 1979 | 92 | #1,338 |
| 1978 | 84 | #1,386 |
| 1977 | 117 | #1,102 |
| 1976 | 111 | #1,092 |
| 1975 | 95 | #1,211 |
| 1974 | 119 | #1,008 |
| 1973 | 141 | #890 |
| 1972 | 139 | #901 |
| 1971 | 157 | #859 |
| 1970 | 188 | #767 |
| 1969 | 200 | #708 |
| 1968 | 181 | #732 |
| 1967 | 192 | #705 |
| 1966 | 232 | #626 |
| 1965 | 281 | #569 |
| 1964 | 283 | #588 |
| 1963 | 268 | #615 |
| 1962 | 288 | #583 |
| 1961 | 309 | #568 |
| 1960 | 296 | #572 |
| 1959 | 330 | #533 |
| 1958 | 341 | #526 |
| 1957 | 335 | #523 |
| 1956 | 376 | #481 |
| 1955 | 297 | #533 |
| 1954 | 233 | #591 |
| 1953 | 235 | #574 |
| 1952 | 277 | #505 |
| 1951 | 246 | #532 |
| 1950 | 271 | #489 |
| 1949 | 216 | #569 |
| 1948 | 238 | #536 |
| 1947 | 243 | #538 |
| 1946 | 194 | #573 |
| 1945 | 180 | #544 |
| 1944 | 164 | #571 |
| 1943 | 195 | #537 |
| 1942 | 195 | #533 |
| 1941 | 172 | #534 |
| 1940 | 160 | #544 |
| 1939 | 148 | #549 |
| 1938 | 159 | #540 |
| 1937 | 121 | #612 |
| 1936 | 148 | #535 |
| 1935 | 133 | #554 |
| 1934 | 148 | #533 |
| 1933 | 145 | #528 |
| 1932 | 186 | #485 |
| 1931 | 233 | #425 |
| 1930 | 258 | #407 |
| 1929 | 221 | #443 |
| 1928 | 270 | #415 |
| 1927 | 301 | #396 |
| 1926 | 264 | #420 |
| 1925 | 250 | #437 |
| 1924 | 255 | #437 |
| 1923 | 262 | #413 |
| 1922 | 235 | #441 |
| 1921 | 233 | #452 |
| 1920 | 216 | #459 |
| 1919 | 183 | #497 |
| 1918 | 177 | #520 |
| 1917 | 170 | #507 |
| 1916 | 147 | #547 |
| 1915 | 120 | #593 |
| 1914 | 95 | #582 |
| 1913 | 65 | #643 |
| 1912 | 45 | #747 |
| 1911 | 38 | #704 |
| 1910 | 21 | #941 |
| 1909 | 17 | #990 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 16 | #926 |
| 1904 | 14 | #965 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,137 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
Names like Roslyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robyn Rosie Connie Charlotte Evelyn Renee Billie Bonnie Eleanor Ruby Rhea Rosemary
Other spellings of Roslyn
Names related to Roslyn
Rosalyn Rosalina Roselyn Rosaline Rosaleen Roseline Roselynn Rosalynn Rozlyn
More Latin names
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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, “Roslyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roslyn, updated 20 October 2026.