Rosanne
Roseanne, Rosanne, Roseann, or Rose Ann is a feminine given name. The name means “graceful rose” or “favored rose”, from Rose and Anne, meaning “grace” or “favored”.
Meaning & Origin of Rosanne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roseanne, Rosanne, Roseann, or Rose Ann is a feminine given name. The name means “graceful rose” or “favored rose”, from Rose and Anne, meaning “grace” or “favored”.
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The Story of Rosanne
Rosanne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1907, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1954, when 756 Rosannes were born — ranking #308 that year. As of 2026, Rosanne ranks #8,902 for baby girls with 10 births, rising sharply (+16% over the past five years). In total, more than 15K Rosannes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Rosanne
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- Roseanne Barr (b. 1952), also known by the mononym Roseanne , an American performer with several eponymous television shows.
- Rosanne Cash (b. 1955), American singer
- Roseanne A. Brown , Ghanaian American writer
- Rose-Anne Galligan (b. 1987), Irish athlete
- Rosanne Hertzberger (b. 1984), Dutch politician
- Roseanne Liang , Chinese-New Zealand film director
- Roseanne Park (b. 1997) Korean-New Zealander singer and member of the k-pop girl group Blackpink
- Roseann Quinn (1944 – 1973), American schoolteacher whose murder inspired the 1975 novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar and its 1977 film adaptation
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Names that sound like Rosanne
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About the name Rosanne
Rosanne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Rosanne's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #302. Use the chart and map above to compare Rosanne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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