Rosanna
Rosanna was given to 58 girls in 2025, #2,924 among girls’ names; 14,642 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,900 Americans named Rosanna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 46 years old and half are between 38 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosanna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosanna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rosanna is “a female given name from Latin.”
Blend of Rose + Anna, possibly also inspired by Roxana.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosanna?
#2,924 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosanna fell from #2,641 in 2015 to #2,924 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 38.1 to 36.1 per million.
492 babies in 1982, the peak
Rosanna peaked in 1982, when 492 girls were given it, #439 among girls’ names. The 58 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,924 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 84 | #2,247 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,754 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,339 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,747 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,774 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,921 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,705 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,686 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,896 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 68 | #2,641 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,367 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,255 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,896 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,593 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,401 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,503 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,522 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,588 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,968 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,815 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,163 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,869 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,057 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,318 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,695 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,953 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,098 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,714 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 103 | #1,548 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 88 | #1,678 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 81 | #1,789 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 115 | #1,415 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 114 | #1,427 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 107 | #1,478 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 139 | #1,213 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 186 | #950 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 293 | #661 | 0.16 |
| 1987 | 304 | #629 | 0.17 |
| 1986 | 328 | #590 | 0.19 |
| 1985 | 354 | #557 | 0.21 |
| 1984 | 367 | #527 | 0.22 |
| 1983 | 488 | #435 | 0.29 |
| 1982 | 492 | #439 | 0.29 |
| 1981 | 194 | #821 | 0.12 |
| 1980 | 204 | #801 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 221 | #741 | 0.14 |
| 1978 | 168 | #874 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 207 | #742 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 179 | #790 | 0.12 |
| 1975 | 185 | #767 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 149 | #873 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 190 | #740 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 197 | #724 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 220 | #694 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 186 | #770 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 185 | #744 | 0.11 |
| 1968 | 209 | #670 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 148 | #824 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 159 | #781 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 189 | #723 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 178 | #775 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 185 | #757 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 158 | #840 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 159 | #838 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 143 | #869 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 157 | #820 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 162 | #788 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 205 | #697 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 201 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 152 | #780 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 162 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 151 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 207 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 235 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 219 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 111 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 96 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 102 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 64 | #1,066 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 56 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 57 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 55 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 54 | #1,002 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 64 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 57 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 56 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 53 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 50 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 52 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 68 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 54 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 70 | #822 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 62 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 62 | #935 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 82 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 81 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 93 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 90 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 86 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 94 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 86 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 75 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 85 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 97 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 87 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 86 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 81 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 91 | #717 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 79 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 50 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 51 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 33 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 25 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 36 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 29 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 28 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 21 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 31 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 18 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 27 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1903 | 24 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 22 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 16 | #851 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 19 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 24 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 23 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 18 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 27 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 28 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 14 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 28 | #533 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 26 | #551 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 23 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 15 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 23 | #540 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 17 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1887 | 18 | #534 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 15 | #600 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 21 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 20 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 18 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 15 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 8 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 7 | #729 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosanna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosanna has been given almost only to girls: 6 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rosanna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosanna, and how old are they?
10,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 14,642 Americans ever recorded as Rosanna. The median Rosanna alive today is 46 years old; half are between 38 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 13,916 people named Rosanna (13,902 women and girls, 14 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,070 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 301 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,390 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,780 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,640 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 951 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 844 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rosanna born?
The states with the most babies named Rosanna are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 50% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,813 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 1,615 | #2,025 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,094 | #755 | 1.4× |
| Texas | 947 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 749 | #1,654 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 427 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 323 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 314 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 265 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 244 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Rosanna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosanna is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rosanna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 52,968 babies since 1880, Rosanna is the second most given (28% of them). In 2025 it was given to 58 of their 158 babies (37%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rosanna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rosanna and names like it
- Compare Rosanna and RosanneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sRosanna peaked in 1982.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosanna since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Rosanna: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1982The year the most babies were named Rosanna.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rosanna alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.