Rossana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roh-SAH-nah
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Rossana is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “bright, shining”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Rossana mean?
Persian: Italian form of Roxana
“bright, shining”
The Italian form of Roxana; Roxana, a Bactrian noblewoman, married Alexander the Great.
Is Rossana a girl's or a boy's name?
Rossana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rossana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Rossana, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1956, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
2025 had more girls named Rossana than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Rossana in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rossana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
Nicknames for Rossana
- Rossi 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rossana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angela, Rebecca, Amanda, Melissa, Sabrina, Maria, Roxana, Vanessa, Christina, Cassandra, Marissa, Marisol
Names related to Rossana
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rossana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rossana, updated 20 October 2026.