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How popular is the name Rosalind?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rosalinds are alive today.

Rosalind (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1639th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 65 babies were given the name, the 455th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 28% of its peak.

The Rosalind you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 8: the name has two living generations. Half of all Rosalinds born in England and Wales are between 12 and 32, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rosalind - on average, only one in every 225 such rooms contains a Rosalind.

How many babies are named Rosalind each year?

0204060200020201996: 651997: 431998: 421999: 462000: 342001: 292002: 232003: 252004: 292005: 212006: 272007: 252008: 262009: 302010: 352011: 202012: 352013: 342014: 422015: 392016: 312017: 462018: 422019: 332020: 342021: 362022: 202023: 242024: 152025: 18actual

Where does Rosalind rank among girls' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 4551997: ranked 5981998: ranked 6071999: ranked 5852000: ranked 7012001: ranked 8162002: ranked 9622003: ranked 9652004: ranked 9122005: ranked 1,1652006: ranked 1,0312007: ranked 1,1262008: ranked 1,1352009: ranked 1,0552010: ranked 9652011: ranked 1,4892012: ranked 1,0182013: ranked 1,0482014: ranked 8902015: ranked 9232016: ranked 1,1122017: ranked 8362018: ranked 8862019: ranked 1,0392020: ranked 9922021: ranked 9572022: ranked 1,5012023: ranked 1,3252024: ranked 1,8952025: ranked 1,639

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Rosalind per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 65 in 1996
Rosalind: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rosalind most popular?

Rosalind peaked in 1996, when 65 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Rosalind?

At least 1,400 people named Rosalind born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rosalind?

Most living Rosalinds are between 12 and 32; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 8.

Is Rosalind becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.






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