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Rosanna

#2,924 in 2025Girls' name

Blend of Rose and Anna

Rosanna has been given to 14,642 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,924 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1982, with 492 recorded.

Babies named Rosanna, 2025

1 in 57,200

Rosanna over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rosanna: meaning, origin, and history

Blend of Rose and Anna

Latin

What Rosanna means

Rosanna is a blend of Rose and Anna.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Blend of Rose + Anna, possibly also inspired by Roxana.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Rosanna (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Rosanna is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rose and Anna.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,636 girls were recorded with the name Rosanna between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 492 in 1982; its best national rank was #435 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,774 in 2020 to #2,924 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,641 in 2015 to #2,924 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Rosanna between 1985 and 1985. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1985; its best national rank was #6,371 in 1985.

How common is Rosanna?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 57,200
58 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 27,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,924
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
39,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rosanna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 39,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rosanna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rosannas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rosanna was born before 1971 — so the typical Rosanna is around 54 today.

Median birth year
1971
About 54 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
21.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
10.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
11,234
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 21.9% of all recorded uses (3,210).

Is Rosanna 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
−677
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−150
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−283
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.85×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
11.8%
Peak was 1982 (492)
Years since peak
43
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#435
1983

Spellings of Rosanna

Rosanna is not the most common spelling — Joanna is, with 25.9% against Rosanna's 3.4%.

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 Rosanna is used

Across 2016–2025, Rosanna was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 4,000 girls, against 1 in 23,911 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

125 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 4,000
  2. 2Ohio1 in 9,091
  3. 3New York1 in 20,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 50,000
  5. 5Missouri1 in 50,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 50,000
  7. 7California1 in 100,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.

Rosanna around the world

Where Rosanna ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #667
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1979–2021
    #792
    in 2021
  • Northern Ireland
    2010–2025
    #397
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1964–2025
    #608
    in 2025
  • France
    1950–2025
    #5,115
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,349
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1946–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Rosanna

People whose public names include Rosanna, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rosanna in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Rosanna. Linked forms have their own page here.

RoxanaRoksanaRossanaRoxanneRoseannaRoshanak

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Rosanna by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,924
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 150
Best rank ever
#435
1983
Peak year
1982
492 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,636
Count in 2025
58

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,371
1985
Peak year
1985
6 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
1985
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rosanna

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

RoseannaRoselynRosanneRoseannRosellaRosaleeRosarioRosaliaRosalynRosettaRoslynEliannaRoxannaRosalindRoseanneRositaBryannaSusannaRosalindaLadonnaRosalbaAviannaSuzannaMadonna

Names with a curve like Rosanna

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rosanna, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KathrineDavidJanellJannaLindyJosephMartinaMichaelPortiaAdrianneAnthonyElvia

Sibling names for Rosanna

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

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