How rare is the name Roxy?

3,580 people in the United States have the first name Roxy, about 1 in 84,366. It ranks #4,962 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 5 others.

first name

ROXY

#4,962

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,580
About
1 in 84,366
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,580 people named Roxy, 60.8% reported their origin as White, 23.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% as Black. 96.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roxy peaked in 2009, when 145 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
145
In 2025*
72 ▼50%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,971 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Roxy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,552. The largest share of babies named Roxy, 28.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,55264
1890s#1,77183
1900s#2,93639
1910s#3,593126
1920s#4,318142
1930s#3,413172
1940s#2,504348
1950s#2,459478
1960s#4,055230
1970s#8,44097
1980s#8,280134
1990s#10,665134
2000s#4,104745
2010s#3,999834
2020s#5,099345
Before 19013.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.7%
Silent Generation 1928–459.2%
Baby boom 1946–6420.9%
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–965.5%
Generation Z 1997–1228.1%
2013 and later21.3%

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.

Exactly as common as Roxy

5 other first names also have 3,580 people.

#4,962 Aparna · 3,580#4,962 Jerrie · 3,580#4,962 Josey · 3,580#4,962 Kenisha · 3,580#4,962 Rashid · 3,580

Either side of Roxy

#4,962 Kenisha · 3,580#4,962 Rashid · 3,580#4,968 Avraham · 3,579#4,968 Gaston · 3,579

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,860 Rosy · 3,693#20,187 Roxi · 514#22,678 Rox · 437#47,514 Roxey · 137

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