How Many People Are Named Roswell?
people named Roswell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 883,165 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,411 babies named Roswell in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
48 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Roswell in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Roswell alive today is about 53 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 36 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Roswell first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 48 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Roswell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #394, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #10,468.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,468 |
| Best rank | #394 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,332 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Roswell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Roswell were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 7 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Roswell was given about 8.2 times as often in New York.
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