How rare is the name Roxanna?

11,517 people in the United States have the first name Roxanna, about 1 in 26,225. It ranks #2,260 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROXANNA

#2,260

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,517
About
1 in 26,225
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,517 people named Roxanna, 49.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 42.5% as White and 4.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roxanna peaked in 1988, when 316 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
316
In 2025*
60 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,466 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Roxanna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,224. The largest share of babies named Roxanna, 25.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1,62358
1890s#2,01662
1900s#2,29671
1910s#3,105159
1920s#3,457202
1930s#2,323331
1940s#1,622758
1950s#1,2241,843
1960s#1,2372,034
1970s#1,5871,432
1980s#1,3932,099
1990s#2,0111,570
2000s#2,5811,433
2010s#3,4291,058
2020s#4,979356
Before 19011%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.8%
Silent Generation 1928–455.5%
Baby boom 1946–6425.4%
Generation X 1965–8017.8%
Millennials 1981–9623.8%
Generation Z 1997–1216.3%
2013 and later7.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Roxanna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roxanna has been most common in California (3.4×), Texas (3.1×), and Arizona (3×), and least common in Virginia (0.17×).

8,482 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Roxanna

#2,258 Jamar · 11,527#2,259 Trang · 11,522#2,261 Hai · 11,511#2,262 Keely · 11,483

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roxanna, most common first.

#864 Roxanne · 52,496#1,559 Roxana · 20,917#1,985 Rosanna · 13,916#2,186 Rosanne · 12,099#3,119 Roxann · 7,041#3,805 Rosana · 5,200#4,059 Roxane · 4,773#4,483 Roseanna · 4,141

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