Girls' name · since 1880
Roxanna
13,459 babies named Roxanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,824 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,459
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Roxanna is the #2824 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13,459 recorded since 1880.
Roxanna has 13,459 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2824 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,387 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,824 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,459 born since 1880
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roxanna ranks #1,387 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,824 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,459 born since 1880, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,824 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,459
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Roxanna's 13,459 recorded births place it above 98.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Roxanna compares
13,459 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Roxanna's all-time total is 36x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roxanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,459 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 316 | 21 | 19,840 |
Roxanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Roxanna splits its recorded history at 1956: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1883 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 316 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Roxanna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 316
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Roxanna popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1987 (Roxanna as boys' name)
Roxanna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (2,092 births, 16% of the file).
1980s was Roxanna's strongest decade.
2,092 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Roxanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 58
1880s
58 births
- 1890s 62
1890s
62 births
- 1900s 71
1900s
71 births
- 1910s 159
1910s
159 births
- 1920s 202
1920s
202 births
- 1930s 331
1930s
331 births
- 1940s 758
1940s
758 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,843 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,034 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,432 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,092 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,570 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,433 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,058 births
- 2020s 356
2020s
356 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,092 births (16% of all-time use).
How Roxanna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Roxanna's total volume
Roxanna by state
Where Roxanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,885 | 21.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,038 | 15.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 418 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 371 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 362 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 321 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 319 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 291 | 2.2% |
2,885 of 13,459 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Roxanna appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Roxanna's data
- Roxanna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (2,092 total births); usage has since declined to 356 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Roxannas (2,885 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Roxanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roxanna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.