# Rosanna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosanna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,642 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 14,636 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,818, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Blend of Rose + Anna, possibly also inspired by Roxana.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 3,594 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,897 |
| 2013 | 50 | 3,256 |
| 2014 | 78 | 2,367 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,641 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,896 |
| 2017 | 65 | 2,686 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,706 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,921 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,774 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,747 |
| 2022 | 80 | 2,339 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,754 |
| 2024 | 84 | 2,247 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,924 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 6 | 6,377 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 877 |
| 2012 | 43 | 874 |
| 2013 | 46 | 825 |
| 2014 | 58 | 681 |
| 2015 | 65 | 637 |
| 2016 | 60 | 684 |
| 2017 | 65 | 637 |
| 2018 | 72 | 574 |
| 2019 | 58 | 670 |
| 2020 | 51 | 720 |
| 2021 | 63 | 616 |
| 2022 | 57 | 655 |
| 2023 | 58 | 632 |
| 2024 | 51 | 736 |
| 2025 | 56 | 667 |

## People named Rosanna

- Rosanna Arquette, American actress
- Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
- Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
- Rosanna Pansino, American YouTuber (born 1985)
- Rosanna Yanni, Argentine actress
- Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon, Canadian writer (1829-1879)
- Rosanna Costa, Chilean economist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.