Given name
Roseanne
“resembling the graceful rose”
Roseanne is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roseanne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,307
- 0 boys · 7,307 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 228 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,678 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,678 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 228 in 1950. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,426 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Roseanne’s family of names
Roseanne has a related form in Rosanna. Roseanne has a related form in Roseann. In English usage, Roseanne has a related form in Rosanne.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Roseanne
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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