Roswell

#10,468 in 2025Boys' name

Horse spring

Roswell has been given to 1,411 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #10,468 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1919, with 48 recorded.

Babies named Roswell, 2025

1 in 474,000

Roswell over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Roswell: meaning, origin, and history

Horse spring

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Roswell means

Roswell means “horse spring”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,411 boys were recorded with the name Roswell between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 48 in 1919; its best national rank was #394 in 1891.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,942 in 2020 to #10,468 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Roswell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,468; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Roswell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Roswell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Roswells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Roswell was born before 1928 — so the typical Roswell is around 97 today.

Median birth year: 1928; About 97 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 21.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 5.9%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 346; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 21.4% of all recorded uses (302).

Is Roswell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,273; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,526; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 14.6%; Peak was 1919 (48)
Years since peak: 106; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #394; 1891

Spellings of Roswell

Roswell is not the most common spelling — Russell is, with 85.6% against Roswell's 0.34%.

Russell85.6%359,780
Lowell9.8%41,330
Howell0.93%3,923
Rondell0.67%2,798
Ronnell0.56%2,361
Rockwell0.43%1,801
Ronell0.39%1,623
Powell0.35%1,485

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Roswell is used

Across 1910–2025, Roswell was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 197,188 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Georgia1 in 100,000
2New York1 in 100,000
3Michigan1 in —
4North Carolina1 in —
5Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Roswell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Roswell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,468
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,526
Best rank ever: #394; 1891
Peak year: 1919; 48 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,411
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Roswell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Rosalio Roshan Denzell Rosendo Johnell Rosario Lionell Marvell Connell Kordell Rosco Donzell Lyndell Roshawn Travell Ronnell Cardell Daniell Tirrell Martell Rondell Trevell Windell Pernell

Sibling names for Roswell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Albina Garnet Adell Lida Beryl Vina Maudie Leta

For a brother

Granville Vern Winfield Trinidad Lyman Alva Buford Kermit

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