Roswell
Roswell reached its high-water mark in 1919 at number 973, and has been recorded 1,411 times in all. In 2025 it ranked 9,714th. About 390 Roswells are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 61.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Roswell
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,411
- Estimated living today
- 390
- Median age today
- 61
- Peak year
- 1919
- Best rank
- 973rd
- Rank in 2025
- 9,714th
- First recorded
- 1880
How old the living Roswells are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,411 babies given the name since 1880, about 390 are alive — 27 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1964 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Roswells
- Roswell Rudd (1935–2017)American jazz trombonist and composer
- Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835–1899)American politician
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826–1905)Union Army general, politician
People named Roswell with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Roswell is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Roswell is most concentrated in New York (9.8×), Georgia (4.8×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1919
The most popular boys’ names the year Roswell peaked:
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Roswell against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.