Rosalyn
About Rosalyn
True Blood may be the reason that variation Rosalyn has retained some popularity while the original Rosalind still languishes. Moderately popular in the middle of the last century, Rosalyn may deserve its revival but we still prefer the more classic Rosalind.
Pronounced ROH-zuh-lin.
As of October 2026, Rosalyn ranked #1051 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #413 in 1952, Nameberry popularity #916.
Editor's take: The name Rosalyn is a girl's name.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #987 | 271 | 151.7 |
| 2015 | #1,138 | 223 | 124.9 |
| 2016 | #958 | 283 | 159.7 |
| 2017 | #901 | 298 | 172.6 |
| 2018 | #867 | 313 | 184 |
| 2019 | #860 | 312 | 185.9 |
| 2020 | #848 | 322 | 199.2 |
| 2021 | #832 | 332 | 202.3 |
| 2022 | #935 | 290 | 176.8 |
| 2023 | #1,006 | 252 | 157.1 |
| 2024 | #888 | 303 | 187 |
| 2025 | #1,051 | 237 | 147.5 |
World rankings
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Rosalyn on lists
Famous Rosalyns
- Rosalyn "Roz" Borden
American actress; twin sister Marilyn Borden
- Rosalyn Landor
English actress
- Rosalyn Doris Fairbank
Nideffer, South African tennis player
- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Rosalyn Higgins
British former President of the International Court of Justice.
- Rosalyn Tureck
American pianist
- (Eleanor) Rosalynn Carter
First Lady of the United States as wife of President Jimmy Carter
Rosalyn in pop culture
- Rosalyn
babysitter in comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson
- Rosalyn Harris
character on TV's "True Blood"
- Rosalyn
character in Pete Townshend's concept album "Psychoderelict"
- “Sweet Rosalyn”
song by Sheryl Crow