Roseana — girls' name
88 babies named Roseana in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Roseana was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Roseana in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roseana
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Roseana between 1917 and 2012, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Roseana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roseana performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Roseana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Roseana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roseana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 88 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Roseana at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Roseana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1917
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
88 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 11 births in a single year.
Roseana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 38 births that decade — 43% of Roseana's all-time total
Roseana decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Roseana's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Roseana by state
Where Roseana concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 11.4% |
10 of 88 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 11.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.