Girls' name · since 1880
Roseanna
Roseanna has 5,881 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,174 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,881
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Roseanna is the #4174 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,881 recorded since 1880.
Roseanna has 5,881 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4174 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,307 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,174 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,881 born since 1880
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roseanna ranks #2,307 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,174 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,881 born since 1880, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,174 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,881
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Roseanna's 5,881 recorded births place it above 96.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Roseanna compares
5,881 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Roseanna's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roseanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,881 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 275 | 21 | 19,840 |
Roseanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Roseanna's full recorded timeline at 1955, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1950 peak of 275 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Roseanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1950)
- 275
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Roseanna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,042 births, 18% of the file).
1980s was Roseanna's strongest decade.
1,042 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Roseanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 63
1880s
63 births
- 1890s 47
1890s
47 births
- 1900s 76
1900s
76 births
- 1910s 211
1910s
211 births
- 1920s 405
1920s
405 births
- 1930s 312
1930s
312 births
- 1940s
1940s
429 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,022 births
- 1960s
1960s
622 births
- 1970s
1970s
582 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,042 births
- 1990s
1990s
431 births
- 2000s 251
2000s
251 births
- 2010s 207
2010s
207 births
- 2020s 181
2020s
181 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,042 births (18% of all-time use).
How Roseanna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Roseanna's total volume
Roseanna by state
Where Roseanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 598 | 10.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 420 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 264 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 179 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 163 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 69 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 67 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 49 | 0.8% |
598 of 5,881 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Roseanna appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Roseanna's data
- Roseanna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (1,042 total births); usage has since declined to 181 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Roseannas (598 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Roseanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roseanna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.