girl's name

Roseann

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 16,107

Scotland

#508

1994 births

Roseann is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1943, when 555 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 195,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1905.

Roseann over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

4,113
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Roseann by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 5
1910s 116
1920s 499
1930s 1,298
1940s 3,853
1950s 4,113
1960s 2,997
1970s 1,368
1980s 1,101
1990s 242
2000s 116
2010s 87
2020s (to 2025) 83

How popular is Roseann?

In 2025, Roseann was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Roseann is used

Scotland #508 5 in 1994
Ireland #544 3 in 1993
Canada #3,057 6 in 2021
United States #6,636 17 in 2025
England & Wales #6,817 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Roseann is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Rose-Ann Rose-Ann is Roseann written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in England and Wales. 17

Names that peaked alongside Roseann

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Roseann also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Roseann over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Roseann

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Roseann — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Roseann

How popular is the name Roseann?

In 2025, Roseann was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Roseann a girl's or a boy's name?

Roseann is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Roseann most popular?

Roseann peaked in 1943, when 555 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Roseann a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Roseann currently ranks #6,636 in the United States. After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.