Roslyn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roslyn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roslyn: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #43, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#43highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#3174
1998	#1979
1999	#2444
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#2301
2003	#4373
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#3397
2009	#5556
2013	#3160
2014	#5691
2016	#4096
2017	#3583
2018	#3178
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 54 years from 1970 to 2023.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #44 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1967
Highest recorded position: #43 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1953 (recorded 1952–1967).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Roslyn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 128 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Roslyn across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Roslyn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#291 (1978)	#856 (2023)	27 of 54	128 (1970–2023)	12 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#1522 (1996)	#4192 (2024)	22 of 29	106 (1996–2024)	11 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#44 (1952)	#43 (1953)	#98 (1967)	16 of 16	2,373 (1952–1967)	231 (1953)

Roslyn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roslyn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970sbusiest	65	10 of 10	7
1980s	29	8 of 10	4
1990s	25	6 of 10	4
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Roslyn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #43 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

Roslyn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	145	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	162	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	190	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	231	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	203	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #43, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 231 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1970, and 72 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rosina · #380, 33y
Rosita · #380, 20y
Ross · #25, 74y
Rossa · #76, 48y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lance · #43, 64y
Ailbhe · #44, 59y
Veronica · #42, 65y
Mairead · #46, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Desmond · #43, 68y
Glenda · #43, 41y
Lance · #43, 64y
Ylva · #43, 58y

Roslyn was ranked #43 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1953. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roslyn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roslyn without appearing here.

Roslyn moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Roslyn

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1472.
Marilyn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1843.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.

Moved the opposite way to Roslyn

Alexandra Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 while Alexandra went from #307 to #148.
Alice Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 while Alice went from #115 to #38.
Amy Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 while Amy went from #326 to #114.
Annie Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 while Annie went from #230 to #48.

Moved the same way as Roslyn

Alma Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 and Alma from #230 to #625.
Audrey Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 and Audrey from #48 to #856.
Eileen Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 and Eileen from #27 to #445.
Ingrid Compare
Between 1970 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roslyn went from #447 to #856 and Ingrid from #252 to #856.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #43 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roslyn

Roslyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roslyn across 3 official records

Roslyn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Roslyn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Roslyn and the names beside it

Roslyn moved ahead of

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Roslyn at a glance

Roslyn across 3 official records

Roslyn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Roslyn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Roslyn

Roslyn and the names beside it

Roslyn moved ahead of

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