Roswell is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1919 and has since faded.
Roswell is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10,472 for boy births in the United States (and #21,603 across all names), given to 7 babies. Roswell was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (48 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #10,472 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | #8,200 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #9,583 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | #12,040 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #7,947 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | #8,698 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #13,819 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #11,908 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #13,996 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #12,858 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #12,389 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #9,193 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #9,414 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #10,239 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,720 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #7,084 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #5,356 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,650 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #7,164 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #7,090 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,771 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #3,990 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,871 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,898 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #4,163 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #3,866 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #3,064 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #3,493 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,420 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,859 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,551 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,276 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,577 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #2,678 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,291 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #3,001 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #2,247 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #2,932 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,944 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | #1,944 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #2,270 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #2,139 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,351 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #3,625 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | #2,106 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | #2,302 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #1,777 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #1,803 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #1,755 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | #2,068 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #1,821 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | #1,416 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,311 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,453 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | #1,949 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | #1,553 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,741 |
| 1936 | 20 | — | #1,534 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,533 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,103 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | #2,346 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | #2,174 |
| 1931 | 24 | — | #1,452 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | #2,056 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | #1,374 |
| 1928 | 22 | — | #1,638 |
| 1927 | 30 | — | #1,368 |
| 1926 | 37 | — | #1,188 |
| 1925 | 28 | — | #1,418 |
| 1924 | 25 | — | #1,570 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | #1,583 |
| 1922 | 33 | — | #1,280 |
| 1921 | 33 | — | #1,291 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | #1,106 |
| 1919 | 48 | — | #985 |
| 1918 | 45 | — | #1,009 |
| 1917 | 35 | — | #1,149 |
| 1916 | 28 | — | #1,295 |
| 1915 | 34 | — | #1,120 |
| 1914 | 28 | — | #1,093 |
| 1913 | 24 | — | #1,041 |
| 1912 | 22 | — | #992 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,953 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,401 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | #1,011 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,317 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,099 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,209 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,371 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,188 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | #769 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #977 |
| 1897 | 17 | — | #490 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,083 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,213 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | #718 |
| 1892 | 14 | — | #570 |
| 1891 | 20 | — | #394 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | #685 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,098 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #1,018 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #743 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #770 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #1,035 |