Roxane
Roxane is a name with multiple cultural origins: French, English.
- French
- English
Meaning & Origin of Roxane
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roxane is a name with multiple cultural origins: French, English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- English
The Story of Roxane
The earliest SSA record of Roxane as a baby girl name dates back to 1925, when 6 babies received it. 1956 was its biggest year on record, with 308 newborns named Roxane — #528 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Roxane on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Roxane last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Roxane
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Roxane. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Roxane
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About the name Roxane
Roxane is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Roxane's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #528. Use the chart and map above to compare Roxane'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.