Roisin
2025 SSA
About Roisin
No, the pronunciation--ro-SHEEN--isn't immediately obvious to the non-Gaelic viewer, but the sound of this shiny Irish version of Rose is pretty enough to make it worth considering. Very popular in its native Ireland, it's one of many Irish girl names finding a wider audience. Earlier generations Anglicized at as Rosaleen, but we stay stick to the original.
The name has been associated with a 16th-17th century poem called Roisin Dubh (Dark Little Rose), the eponymous heroine of which is usually regarded as a personification of Ireland.
Singer Sinead O'Connor has a daughter named Róisin.
Pronounced ro-SHEEN.
As of October 2026, Roisin ranked #2716 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,432 | 33 | 18.5 |
| 2015 | #4,959 | 28 | 15.7 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,333 | 33 | 19.4 |
| 2019 | #4,520 | 31 | 18.5 |
| 2020 | #4,420 | 31 | 19.2 |
| 2021 | #3,148 | 52 | 31.7 |
| 2022 | #3,946 | 38 | 23.2 |
| 2023 | #3,079 | 54 | 33.7 |
| 2024 | #3,624 | 43 | 26.5 |
| 2025 | #2,716 | 64 | 39.8 |
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Roisin on lists
Famous Roisins
- Roisín Carlin
Irish pop singer
- Róisín Marie Murphy
Irish singer,songwriter and record producer
- Roisin Marcella Conaty
English comedienne
- Roisin McGettigan
Irish runner
- Róisín O
stage name of Róisín O'Reilly, Irish singer,songwriter; daughter of singer Mary Black
- Róisín Mullins
British TV presenter and dancer
- Róisín Shortall
Irish politician
- Roisin McAuley
Irish radio presenter and novelist
- Roisin Dunne Ross
Irish musician of band 7 Year Bitch
- Roisin Meaney
Irish novelist
- Roisin Hogan
accountant and contestant on British TV series "The Apprentice"
- Róisin Dillon
member of an Irish,American music group Cherish The Ladies
- Roisin Waters (b. 1994)
daughter of singer Sinead O'Connor and journalist John Waters
- Saoirse Roisin Hill (b. 1997)
daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill; granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy
Roisin in pop culture
- Roisin
character on TV's "Sinbad"
- Roisin Connor
character on British TV series "Bad Girls"
- "Roisin Dubh
" Irish song meaning "Black Rose"
- Roisin Hastings
wife of Superintendent Ted Hastings on British TV drama "Line of Duty"