Roxann
Roxann is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Roxann Dawson, American actress, television producer and director Roxann Robinson, American politician
Meaning & Origin of Roxann
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roxann is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Roxann Dawson, American actress, television producer and director Roxann Robinson, American politician
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The Story of Roxann
Roxann first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1932, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1955, when 426 Roxanns were born — ranking #429 that year. As of 2026, Roxann ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, holding steady (-4%). In total, more than 9K Roxanns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
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About the name Roxann
Roxann is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1932 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Roxann's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #429. Use the chart and map above to compare Roxann'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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