Roselyn

What Roselyn means

Form of Rosalie, meaning “rose”

variant of Rosaline || From French Rosalie, from the Latin saints’ name Rosālia, from rosa (“rose”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Roselyn” (revision 83831268) and “Rosalie” (revision 93130849), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Roselyn?

US: Falling: down from #734 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 459 girls got the name (#646 that year). First in the US records in 1894.

How common

• About 1 in 6,206 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 25,328 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WI (0.35 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.3 per 1,000 girls), MO (0.29 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Roselyn is #979 in the US and #2605 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Roselyn were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rosalyn237 US · 25 E&W
• Roselynn146 US
• Rosalynn129 US
• Roseline21 US
• Rosalin15 US
• Roselin14 US
• Rozalyn12 US
• Roselynne9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Roselyn

Girls

• Stella#52“star”^*
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lilliana#445Editor’s note Down from #270 in 2015 to #445 in 2025 in the US
• Cordelia#980Editor’s note Down from #949 in 2015 to #980 in 2025 in the US
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025

For a brother

• Julius#424Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #424 vs #976 in 2025
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Roselyn’s. Rank is US 2025.