Roxana
Roxana was given to 77 girls in 2025, #2,366 among girls’ names; 12,020 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,000 Americans named Roxana and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 21 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Roxana by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Roxana mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Roxana is “a female given name from Persian.”
From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Roxana?
#2,366 among girls’ names, 2025
Roxana fell from #1,683 in 2015 to #2,366 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 71.1 to 47.9 per million.
320 babies in 1987, the peak
Roxana peaked in 1987, when 320 babies were given it (313 girls, #619 among girls’ names). The 77 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #2,366 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,096 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,174 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,066 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 97 | #2,004 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,837 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,860 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,976 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 108 | #1,888 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,895 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 127 | #1,683 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,918 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,752 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,564 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 189 | #1,265 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 167 | #1,387 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 225 | #1,128 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 207 | #1,226 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 221 | #1,160 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 245 | #1,049 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 252 | #974 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 243 | #980 | 0.13 |
| 2003 | 198 | #1,115 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 268 | #861 | 0.15 |
| 2001 | 248 | #912 | 0.14 |
| 2000 | 197 | #1,056 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 196 | #1,041 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 179 | #1,086 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 186 | #1,034 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 257 | #802 | 0.15 |
| 1995 | 248 | #802 | 0.14 |
| 1994 | 262 | #781 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 286 | #735 | 0.16 |
| 1992 | 278 | #754 | 0.15 |
| 1991 | 315 | #681 | 0.17 |
| 1990 | 310 | #685 | 0.16 |
| 1989 | 301 | #679 | 0.16 |
| 1988 | 309 | #644 | 0.17 |
| 1987 | 313 | #619 | 0.18 |
| 1986 | 279 | #665 | 0.16 |
| 1985 | 232 | #748 | 0.13 |
| 1984 | 189 | #831 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 207 | #773 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 176 | #879 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 140 | #1,032 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 126 | #1,103 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,281 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 93 | #1,305 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 100 | #1,222 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 109 | #1,110 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 91 | #1,247 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 109 | #1,080 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,414 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 90 | #1,203 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 102 | #1,144 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 80 | #1,327 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,207 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,487 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 73 | #1,266 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,509 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 67 | #1,345 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 67 | #1,380 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 76 | #1,269 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,274 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 65 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,736 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,624 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 75 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 67 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,181 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,482 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,460 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,390 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,531 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 17 | #2,021 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,744 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,293 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,830 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,801 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,404 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,983 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,287 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,399 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,815 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,848 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,177 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,791 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,885 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,953 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,361 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,877 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,779 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,649 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,656 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,497 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,095 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,125 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,495 | 0.01 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,342 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,916 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,127 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,038 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,998 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,424 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,502 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 11 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,256 | 0.03 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Roxana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Roxana has been given almost only to girls: 26 boys in 126 years of records.
Girls and boys named Roxana: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Roxana, and how old are they?
11,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 12,020 Americans ever recorded as Roxana. The median Roxana alive today is 33 years old; half are between 21 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 20,917 people named Roxana (20,886 women and girls, 31 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,709 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 143 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 896 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,310 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,320 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,320 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Roxana born?
The states with the most babies named Roxana are California, Texas and Colorado, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Colorado is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | #1,350 | 2.7× |
| Texas | 12 | #1,887 | 1.9× |
| Colorado | 5 | #1,031 | 0.2× |
Where Roxana is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Roxana is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Roxana with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 90,590 babies since 1880, Roxana is the third most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 77 of their 313 babies (25%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Roxana
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Roxana and names like it
- Compare Roxana and RoxanneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sRoxana peaked in 1987.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Roxana since 1910.
- Persian namesWiktionary’s origin for Roxana: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1987The year the most babies were named Roxana.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Roxana alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.