Roseann

Where Roseann comes from

Roseann hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1905
    First appearance
    #1,931 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Peak, #294
    555 babies named Roseann — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1944
    Roseann Quinn born
    Schoolteacher
  4. 1963
    Roseann A. Ketchmark born
    United States District Judge
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #632.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Roseann Quinn · Schoolteacher, 1944–1973
  • Roseann A. Ketchmark · United States District Judge, born 1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.