Roxanna
Roxanna was the 2856th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 60 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 575th; the most babies were born in 1988 (316). Over the last ten years it has moved down 800 places. More babies were named Roxanna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,856 girls, down 265 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 60girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1988316 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,466babies recorded
Roxanna popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 7 since 1987.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,856 | 60 |
| 2020 | #2,591 | 66 |
| 2010 | #1,413 | 163 |
| 2000 | #1,489 | 124 |
| 1990 | #909 | 212 |
| 1980 | #1,160 | 117 |
| 1970 | #843 | 161 |
| 1960 | #635 | 254 |
| 1950 | #705 | 149 |
| 1940 | #1,087 | 45 |
| 1930 | #1,601 | 25 |
| 1920 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,412 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,159 | 12 |
| 1890 | #1,183 | 7 |
| 1880 | #624 | 9 |
How popular is Roxanna, counting every spelling?
Roxanna is a spelling of Roxana, a name family that ranked #1,424 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,856 for Roxanna 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 Roxanna?
60 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Roxanna (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Roxanna 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 140 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Roxanna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Roxanna?
About 11,500 people born in the US named Roxanna are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 27 and 62. That makes Roxanna mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Roxanna by state
How common Roxanna was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.4×), California (2.2×). In 49 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 Roxanna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Roxanna, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Roxanna
How popular is the name Roxanna?
Roxanna was the 2856th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 60 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 575th; the most babies were born in 1988 (316). Over the last ten years it has moved down 800 places. More babies were named Roxanna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Roxanna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Roxanna in the US.
Where is Roxanna most popular?
In 2021–2025, Roxanna was most common in Texas (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.