Rosanna
Meaning
combination of Rose and Anna, graceful rose
Rosanna in song
Rosanna
Toto (1982)
The half-time shuffle that carried Toto IV, named for actress Rosanna Arquette, who was then dating keyboardist Steve Porcaro, though songwriter David Paich said the woman in the lyric was a composite of several he had known.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rosanna peaked in the 1950s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
435 people · the #14,728 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 54
Among people named Rosanna living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Rosanna
People given the name Rosanna in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1960 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Rosanna deep dive
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