girl's name

Roseanne

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 8,373

Scotland

#900

2014 births

Roseanne is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1950, when 228 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 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Roseanne over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,733
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Roseanne by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 46
1920s 224
1930s 426
1940s 1,351
1950s 1,733
1960s 1,393
1970s 722
1980s 840
1990s 276
2000s 111
2010s 91
2020s (to 2025) 94

How popular is Roseanne?

In 2025, Roseanne was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Roseanne is used

Scotland #900 3 in 2014
Ireland #992 3 in 2025
England & Wales #2,509 15 in 2025
France as Rose-Anne #3,652 5 in 2021
Canada #3,741 5 in 2024
United States #5,612 22 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 Roseanne is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Rose-Anne Rose-Anne is Roseanne written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. 305

Names that peaked alongside Roseanne

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

Parents who like Roseanne also like

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

Sibling names for Roseanne

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

Common questions about Roseanne

How popular is the name Roseanne?

In 2025, Roseanne was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Roseanne is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Roseanne?

Roseanne has 2 syllables.

When was Roseanne most popular?

Roseanne peaked in 1950, when 228 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1950s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Roseanne a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Roseanne currently ranks #992 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.