Roxanna
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #5,459
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 245 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,459since 1880
Roxanna over time
Rank among girls' names. Roxanna has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,225 | 49 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,891 | 58 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,580 | 66 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,355 | 76 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,145 | 88 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,236 | 84 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,129 | 91 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,039 | 96 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,876 | 107 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,002 | 97 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,719 | 120 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,592 | 136 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,402 | 163 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,528 | 148 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,589 | 143 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,551 | 147 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,514 | 145 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,539 | 133 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,373 | 152 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,348 | 150 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,411 | 136 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,266 | 155 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,481 | 124 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,431 | 122 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,508 | 112 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,456 | 113 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,119 | 162 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,049 | 171 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,083 | 166 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,054 | 174 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,183 | 148 | — | |
| 1991 | #988 | 190 | — | |
| 1990 | #905 | 212 | — | |
| 1989 | #766 | 254 | — | |
| 1988 | #628 | 316 | — | |
| 1987 | #634 | 301 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #851 | 195 | — | |
| 1985 | #853 | 189 | — | |
| 1984 | #894 | 167 | — | |
| 1983 | #828 | 185 | — | |
| 1982 | #846 | 184 | — | |
| 1981 | #846 | 184 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,152 | 117 | — | |
| 1979 | #981 | 146 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,063 | 125 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,034 | 128 | — | |
| 1976 | #964 | 132 | — | |
| 1975 | #910 | 143 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,003 | 120 | — | |
| 1973 | #911 | 135 | — | |
| 1972 | #800 | 169 | — | |
| 1971 | #807 | 173 | — | |
| 1970 | #840 | 161 | — | |
| 1969 | #757 | 177 | — | |
| 1968 | #789 | 162 | — | |
| 1967 | #812 | 150 | — | |
| 1966 | #736 | 179 | — | |
| 1965 | #745 | 180 | — | |
| 1964 | #793 | 172 | — | |
| 1963 | #640 | 250 | — | |
| 1962 | #660 | 237 | — | |
| 1961 | #614 | 273 | — | |
| 1960 | #635 | 254 | — | |
| 1959 | #757 | 180 | — | |
| 1958 | #751 | 176 | — | |
| 1957 | #758 | 173 | — | |
| 1956 | #673 | 204 | — | |
| 1955 | #642 | 208 | — | |
| 1954 | #572 | 245 | — | |
| 1953 | #684 | 175 | — | |
| 1952 | #712 | 156 | — | |
| 1951 | #651 | 177 | — | |
| 1950 | #703 | 149 | — | |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 | — | |
| 1948 | #849 | 106 | — | |
| 1947 | #929 | 91 | — | |
| 1946 | #849 | 95 | — | |
| 1945 | #849 | 79 | — | |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 | — | |
| 1943 | #889 | 77 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,080 | 45 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,079 | 44 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,079 | 44 | — | |
| 1937 | #981 | 51 | — | |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #778 | 9 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Roxanna was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Roxanna is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#387 · 1 in 2,426
- Oklahoma#485 · 1 in 3,350
- Arizona#587 · 1 in 3,991
- Indiana#605 · 1 in 5,816
- Missouri#628 · 1 in 6,416
Best ever in a state: #226 in Oregon, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #387 | 51 | 1 in 2,426 |
| Oklahoma | #485 | 6 | 1 in 3,350 |
| Arizona | #587 | 5 | 1 in 3,991 |
| Indiana | #605 | 6 | 1 in 5,816 |
| Missouri | #628 | 5 | 1 in 6,416 |
| Florida | #654 | 10 | 1 in 5,409 |
| California | #696 | 33 | 1 in 5,494 |
| Louisiana | #789 | 5 | 1 in 6,125 |
| Illinois | #1,102 | 6 | 1 in 12,525 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Roxanna
- 403 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #2,822)
- 242 spots since 2020 (#2,580 → #2,822)
- 783 spots since 2015 (#2,039 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 663 spots in 1903 (#1,594 → #931)
- Biggest drop: 385 spots in 1889 (#894 → #1,279)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1954 at #572 (245 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1943–1973
- Highest: 1 in 5,636 girls born in 1988 were named Roxanna (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #572 in 1954, was only 1 in 7,926 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.5% of all girls named Roxanna (2,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #580 (1880) | #863 |
| 1890s | 62 | #1,006 (1891) | #1,270 |
| 1900s | 71 | #931 (1903) | #1,219 |
| 1910s | 159 | #1,335 (1910) | #1,742 |
| 1920s | 202 | #1,738 (1928) | #1,930 |
| 1930s | 331 | #979 (1936) | #1,360 |
| 1940s | 758 | #849 (1948) | #945 |
| 1950s | 1,843 | #572 (1954) | #690 |
| 1960s | 2,034 | #614 (1961) | #718 |
| 1970s | 1,432 | #800 (1972) | #931 |
| 1980s | 2,092 | #628 (1988) | #830 |
| 1990s | 1,570 | #905 (1990) | #1,178 |
| 2000s | 1,433 | #1,266 (2001) | #1,460 |
| 2010s | 1,058 | #1,402 (2010) | #1,950 |
| 2020s | 356 | #2,580 (2020) | #2,845 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Roxanna in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 9,066 of them was named Roxanna, which outranked 93.1% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #841Salina186
- #841Sunny186
- #845Jeannine185
- #846Roxanna184
- #846Alexia184
- #846Jesica184
- #846Pearl184
- #851Lisette183
- #851Phyllis183
- #853Brandee182
Tied with 4 names at #846; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.