Rossana
Rossana is a feminine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:Rossana Casale, Italian singer Rossana Lombardo, Italian sprinter Rossana Martini (1926–1988), Italian actress, model and beauty pageant winner Rossana Morabito, Italian sprinter Rossana Podestà (1934–2013), Italian film actress Rossana Reguillo (1955–2026), Mexican sociologist and academic
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Rossana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rossana is a feminine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:Rossana Casale, Italian singer Rossana Lombardo, Italian sprinter Rossana Martini (1926–1988), Italian actress, model and beauty pageant winner Rossana Morabito, Italian sprinter Rossana Podestà (1934–2013), Italian film actress Rossana Reguillo (1955–2026), Mexican sociologist and academic
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Rossana
The earliest SSA record of Rossana as a baby girl name dates back to 1954, when 10 babies received it. 1956 was its biggest year on record, with 43 newborns named Rossana — #1,617 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Rossana on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Rossana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 887 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rossana
Rossana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 887 births in the dataset. Rossana's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #1,617. Use the chart and map above to compare Rossana'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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