Roxanna
Roxanna is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Roxanna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roxanna is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Roxanna
The earliest SSA record of Roxanna as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 9 babies received it. 1988 was its biggest year on record, with 316 newborns named Roxanna — #628 in the national rankings. As of 2026, Roxanna ranks #3,306 for baby girls with 48 births, falling sharply (-28%). All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Roxanna
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About the name Roxanna
Roxanna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Roxanna's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #572. Use the chart and map above to compare Roxanna'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.