Rosaleen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rosaleen: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #80, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#80highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2005	#2970
2007	#5201
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2017	#4063
2018	#2901
2019	#5591
2020	#3899
2022	#5669
2023	#5687

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 45 of the 59 years from 1964 to 2022.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5669 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #80 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2022
Highest recorded position: #80 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Rosaleen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,117 births with the name.

Rosaleen across 2 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.

Rosaleen'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	#80 (1964)	#80 (1964)	#905 (2022)	45 of 59	1,117 (1964–2022)	74 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#2901 (2018)	#5687 (2023)	13 of 27	52 (1997–2023)	8 (2018)

Rosaleen 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 Rosaleen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	354	6 of 10	59
1970s	451	10 of 10	45
1980s	203	10 of 10	20
1990s	57	7 of 10	8
2000s	17	3 of 10	6
2010s	28	7 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 59 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1981 and 1982, when recorded births fell by 27, from 39 to 12.

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

Rosaleen 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #80 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Rosaleen'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	18	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	15	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	21	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	18	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	21	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	39	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	34	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	29	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	38	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	46	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	42	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	42	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	49	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	50	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	52	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	56	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	47	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	52	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	48	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	68	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	48	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	64	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	74	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2023, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #80, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 74 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 33 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Dolores · #80, 56y
Imelda · #80, 53y
Anny · #79, 56y
Elvira · #81, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Daragh · #80, 62y
Dolores · #80, 56y
Imelda · #80, 53y
Rupert · #80, 35y

Rosaleen was ranked #80 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Rosaleen 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 Rosaleen without appearing here.

Rosaleen moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5201 and #1050 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Rosaleen

Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1741.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #2085.
Maren Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3899 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #4645.
Maja Compare
In 2009 they stood at #362 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #910 and #54.

Moved the opposite way to Rosaleen

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 while Alexandra went from #222 to #118.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 while Alice went from #57 to #29.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 while Annie went from #112 to #51.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 while Charlotte went from #171 to #55.

Moved the same way as Rosaleen

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 and Audrey from #85 to #905.
Barbara Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 and Barbara from #43 to #747.
Bridget Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 and Bridget from #8 to #186.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosaleen went from #80 to #905 and Eileen from #17 to #357.

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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #80 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rosaleen

Rosaleen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rosaleen across 2 official records

Rosaleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rosaleen appears in

Popularity data

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Rosaleen at a glance

Rosaleen across 2 official records

Rosaleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rosaleen appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Rosaleen

Rosaleen and the names beside it

Rosaleen moved ahead of

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