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Rozanne vs Rozelle

American parents have registered 1,385 Rozannes since 1880, against 530 Rozelles. But in 2025 it was Rozelle that was commoner, 5 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Rozanne against Rozelle, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Rozanne Rozelle

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 85 years in which either name was published, Rozanne for 54 years and Rozelle for 31 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.

Side by side

  Rozanne Rozelle
Total US births 1,385530
Most in one year 6823
Babies in 2025 under 55
Estimated living today 960130
Median age today 7169
Peak year 19431915
Best rank 952nd girls1,523rd girls
Rank in 2025 unranked14,942nd
First recorded 19181906
Girls / boys 1,385 / 0497 / 33

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Rozannes alive today are over 71; half the Rozelles are over 69. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rozanne and Rozelle.