Roxana
Roxana was the 2366th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 619th; the most babies were born in 1991 (315). Over the last ten years it has moved down 683 places. More babies were named Roxana in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,366 girls, down 529 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 77girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1991315 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,020babies recorded
Roxana popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 26 since 1986.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,366 | 77 |
| 2020 | #1,837 | 107 |
| 2010 | #1,387 | 167 |
| 2000 | #1,058 | 197 |
| 1990 | #686 | 310 |
| 1980 | #1,103 | 126 |
| 1970 | #1,327 | 80 |
| 1960 | #1,363 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,182 | 62 |
| 1940 | #2,022 | 17 |
| 1930 | #3,985 | 7 |
| 1920 | #1,877 | 22 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | #1,503 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Roxana, counting every spelling?
Roxana is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,424 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,366 for Roxana on its own. Together these spellings went to 137 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxana | 77 | #2,366 | 448 |
| Roxanna | 60 | #2,856 | 290 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Roxana?
77 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Roxana (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Roxana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 109 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Roxana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Roxana?
About 11,000 people born in the US named Roxana are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 21 and 43. That makes Roxana mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Roxana by state
How common Roxana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.4×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Roxana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Roxana, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Roxana
How popular is the name Roxana?
Roxana was the 2366th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 619th; the most babies were born in 1991 (315). Over the last ten years it has moved down 683 places. More babies were named Roxana in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Roxana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Roxana in the US.
Where is Roxana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Roxana was most common in California (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Florida.