Roxanna
An expanded spelling of Roxana, the Greek rendering of a Persian name, probably Roxshana, connected with a word for bright or shining.
Roxanna in 2025
Roxanna was given to 60 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 5,017th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 55,256 babies born.
The history of Roxanna
Roxanna reached its highest point in 1988, when 316 babies were given the name, ranking 1,140th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 1,022nd, in 1954.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 13,466 babies have been named Roxanna. Half of them were born before 1978, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation X.
Roxanna by decade
| Decade | Babies named Roxanna | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | 1,263 |
| 1890s | 62 | 1,642 |
| 1900s | 71 | 1,534 |
| 1910s | 159 | 2,242 |
| 1920s | 202 | 3,141 |
| 1930s | 331 | 1,790 |
| 1940s | 758 | 1,464 |
| 1950s | 1,843 | 1,022 |
| 1960s | 2,034 | 1,074 |
| 1970s | 1,432 | 1,388 |
| 1980s | 2,099 | 1,125 |
| 1990s | 1,570 | 1,577 |
| 2000s | 1,433 | 2,227 |
| 2010s | 1,058 | 2,532 |
| 2020s | 356 | 4,575 |
Where Roxanna is heading
Roxanna has fallen 37% over the past decade, from 96 babies in 2015 to 60 in 2025.
Names like Roxanna
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Roxanna.