Rosalyn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rosalyn: Recorded since 1976, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #363 in 1981, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#363highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Rosalyn's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1450
1998	#1392
1999	#1473
2000	#1475
2001	#1617
2002	#2868
2003	#1552
2004	#3197
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#1741
2008	#3005
2009	#1467
2010	#2392
2011	#2025
2012	#2969
2013	#1639
2014	#2058
2015	#1549
2016	#1920
2017	#1681
2018	#1977
2019	#1562
2020	#2300
2021	#1692
2022	#2488
2023	#2504
2024	#2115

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 6 of the 48 years from 1976 to 2023.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2504 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1976–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #497 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1976–2023
Highest recorded position: #363 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1976–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rosalyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 362 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1976.

Rosalyn 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.

Rosalyn'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	#497 (1976)	#363 (1981)	#856 (2023)	6 of 48	23 (1976–2023)	7 (1981)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#1222 (1996)	#2115 (2024)	29 of 29	362 (1996–2024)	20 (2015)

Rosalyn by decade in England and Wales · 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 Rosalyn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	52	4 of 10	13
2000s	101	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2020s	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rosalyn 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 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #363 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Rosalyn'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	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 1976 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #363, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 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.

Rosalind · #274, 49y
Rosaline · #282, 27y
Rosamund · #1571, 25y
Rosana · #3970, 10y

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.

Leone · #363, 37y
Davey · #362, 30y
Keara · #362, 31y
Sulaiman · #364, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Keara · #362, 31y
Lyn · #362, 14y
Ceire · #365, 18y
Corinne · #358, 44y

Rosalyn was ranked #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. 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.

Rosalyn 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 Rosalyn without appearing here.

Rosalyn moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1562 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.
Geraldine Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3005 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1467 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Rosalyn

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1617 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1552 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #1535.
Ada Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1552 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #1617.
Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1617 and #1728 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #1442.

Moved the opposite way to Rosalyn

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rosalyn

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosalyn went from #1222 to #2115 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #363 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rosalyn

Rosalyn at a glance

What stands out in Rosalyn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rosalyn across 2 official records

Rosalyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rosalyn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rosalyn at a glance

What stands out in Rosalyn's record

Rosalyn across 2 official records

Rosalyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rosalyn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Rosalyn

Rosalyn and the names beside it

Rosalyn moved ahead of

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