girl's name

Roseanna

  • Origin English
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,063

Northern Ireland

#439

1997 births

Roseanna is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Roseanna is a name of English origin.
  • Peaked in 1950, when 275 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1950s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 97,513 babies in the United States is given this name.

Roseanna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,042
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Roseanna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 63
1890s 47
1900s 76
1910s 211
1920s 405
1930s 312
1940s 429
1950s 1,022
1960s 622
1970s 582
1980s 1,042
1990s 431
2000s 251
2010s 207
2020s (to 2025) 181

How popular is Roseanna?

In 2025, Roseanna was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Roseanna is used

Northern Ireland #439 3 in 1997
Scotland #644 5 in 2017
England & Wales #1,021 37 in 2025
Ireland #1,058 3 in 2025
Canada #2,640 8 in 2024
France as Rose-Anna #3,491 5 in 2024
United States #4,235 34 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 Roseanna is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Rose-Anna Rose-Anna is Roseanna written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. 43

Names that peaked alongside Roseanna

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

Parents who like Roseanna also like

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

Sibling names for Roseanna

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

Common questions about Roseanna

How popular is the name Roseanna?

In 2025, Roseanna was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Roseanna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Roseanna most popular?

Roseanna peaked in 1950, when 275 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1950s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Roseanna a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Roseanna currently ranks #1,021 in the United States. After peaking in the 1950s 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.