How Many People Are Named Roxana?
people named Roxana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 30,925 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,020 babies named Roxana in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
320 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latin form of Ξ‘ΟΞΎΞ±Ξ½Ξ· (Roxane), the Greek form of the Persian or Bactrian name Ψ±ΩΨ΄ΩΪ© (Roshanak) which meant "bright" or "dawn". This was the name of Alexander the Great's first wife, a daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes. In the modern era it came into use during the 17th century. In the English-speaking world it was popularized by Daniel Defoe, who used it in his novel 'Roxana' (1724).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Roxana in English. Counting Roxana and these spellings together, about 22,611 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Roxana (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Roxana alive today is about 33 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 20 and 42 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Roxana first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1987, to 320 babies. In 2025, 77 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
π Rank History
Roxana has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #619, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #2,366.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,366 |
| Best rank | #619 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #820 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Roxana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Roxana were born in California than in any other state: about 3,789 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Roxana was given 3.4 times as often in California, 2.5 times in Texas and 1.7 times in Arizona.
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