Rosalind
Pronounced R AA1 Z AH0 L IH0 N D (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1965
- 137 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Rosalind?
Rosalind is a girls' name, and first appears in 1888. It has been given to 27,120 children — the 766th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 1965, when 652 children were given it.
Rosalynd is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Rosalind and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Rosalynd
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R AA1 Z AH0 L IH0 N D
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Rosalind
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Rosalind
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Rosalind?
- Rosalind ranks 766th among girls' names in US records, with 27,120 births since 1888. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,684.
- Is Rosalind a unisex name?
- No. Rosalind is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Rosalind most popular?
- 1965, when 652 children were given the name. It has been in use for 137 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Rosalind spelled?
- Rosalynd. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.