# Roslyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roslyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,657 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 18,647 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 106, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Rosaline inspired by the Scottish place name Roslin or Rosslyn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 140 | 1,570 |
| 2012 | 141 | 1,558 |
| 2013 | 172 | 1,359 |
| 2014 | 190 | 1,269 |
| 2015 | 181 | 1,312 |
| 2016 | 218 | 1,155 |
| 2017 | 180 | 1,306 |
| 2018 | 167 | 1,357 |
| 2019 | 189 | 1,242 |
| 2020 | 159 | 1,372 |
| 2021 | 159 | 1,383 |
| 2022 | 190 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,451 |
| 2024 | 167 | 1,366 |
| 2025 | 151 | 1,433 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | 4,448 |
| 1949 | 5 | 4,120 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

## People named Roslyn

- Marie Bashir, Australian governor, educator and psychiatrist (1930–2026)
- Amaranth Ehrenhalt, American painter (1928–2021)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.