Roxana
Roxana sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna and Roxane, was a Bactrian or Sogdian princess who married Alexander the Great after he invaded Persia and defeated Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Meaning & Origin of Roxana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roxana sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna and Roxane, was a Bactrian or Sogdian princess who married Alexander the Great after he invaded Persia and defeated Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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- Romanian
- Ancient Greek
The Story of Roxana
The earliest SSA record of Roxana as a baby girl name dates back to 1882, when 5 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 315 newborns named Roxana — #679 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Roxana on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Roxana ranks #2,204 for baby girls with 86 births, gradually falling (-14%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Roxana
Roxana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Roxana's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #616. Use the chart and map above to compare Roxana'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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