Oxana
Oksana, Oxana, or Aksana, is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name Kseniya, but the two names coexist in use in both countries, and neither of them is a shortening of the other.
- Ukrainian
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Oxana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oksana, Oxana, or Aksana, is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name Kseniya, but the two names coexist in use in both countries, and neither of them is a shortening of the other.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ukrainian
- Russian
Origin & history
The Story of Oxana
The earliest SSA record of Oxana as a baby girl name dates back to 1999, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Oxana — #13,427 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Oxana on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Oxana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Oxana
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Oxana. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Oxana
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About the name Oxana
Oxana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Oxana's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #13,427. Use the chart and map above to compare Oxana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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