Roseanne
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 Roseanne
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 Roseanne
Roseanne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1950, when 228 Roseannes were born — ranking #547 that year. As of 2026, Roseanne ranks #6,030 for baby girls with 20 births, rising sharply (+53% over the past five years). In total, more than 7K Roseannes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Roseanne
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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 Roseanne
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About the name Roseanne
Roseanne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Roseanne's peak popularity came in 1950 when it ranked #547. Use the chart and map above to compare Roseanne'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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