Roxana
Girl · rok-SAH-na · Persian
Roxana is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “bright, shining”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 2,354th for girls in the US (77 babies).
What does Roxana mean?
Persian: via Greek and Latin
“bright, shining”
Roxana of Bactria married Alexander the Great in 327 BC.
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Is Roxana a girl's or a boy's name?
Roxana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 77 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roxana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Roxana, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 34 girls.
Half of all the girls named Roxana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Roxana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Roxana 12
- Roxanna 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Roxana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,389 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Roxana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,354among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were named Roxana, making it the 2,354th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,830th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 315 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer girls named Roxana than any year since 1973.
Half of all the girls named Roxana in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 137 girls in the US were given Roxana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,364, up from #2,354 for this spelling alone.
- Roxana 77
- Roxanna 60
Roxana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #2,354 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,048 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,991 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,830 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,850 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2017 | 108 | #1,876 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,890 |
| 2015 | 127 | #1,677 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,559 |
| 2011 | 189 | #1,261 |
| 2010 | 167 | #1,384 |
| 2009 | 225 | #1,121 |
| 2008 | 207 | #1,222 |
| 2007 | 221 | #1,157 |
| 2006 | 245 | #1,045 |
| 2005 | 252 | #970 |
| 2004 | 243 | #978 |
| 2003 | 198 | #1,112 |
| 2002 | 268 | #861 |
| 2001 | 248 | #910 |
| 2000 | 197 | #1,051 |
| 1999 | 196 | #1,033 |
| 1998 | 179 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 186 | #1,029 |
| 1996 | 257 | #800 |
| 1995 | 248 | #799 |
| 1994 | 262 | #774 |
| 1993 | 286 | #733 |
| 1992 | 278 | #751 |
| 1991 | 315 | #679 |
| 1990 | 310 | #685 |
| 1989 | 301 | #677 |
| 1988 | 309 | #642 |
| 1987 | 313 | #616 |
| 1986 | 279 | #663 |
| 1985 | 232 | #745 |
| 1984 | 189 | #831 |
| 1983 | 207 | #770 |
| 1982 | 176 | #876 |
| 1981 | 140 | #1,025 |
| 1980 | 126 | #1,097 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 93 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 100 | #1,214 |
| 1976 | 109 | #1,104 |
| 1975 | 91 | #1,247 |
| 1974 | 109 | #1,076 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 90 | #1,192 |
| 1971 | 102 | #1,140 |
| 1970 | 80 | #1,320 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,201 |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,473 |
| 1967 | 73 | #1,255 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,488 |
| 1965 | 67 | #1,337 |
| 1964 | 67 | #1,372 |
| 1963 | 76 | #1,262 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,266 |
| 1961 | 65 | #1,386 |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,353 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,719 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,541 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,611 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,140 |
| 1955 | 75 | #1,149 |
| 1954 | 67 | #1,219 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,372 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,315 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,159 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,170 |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,076 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,143 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,460 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,438 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,278 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,223 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,366 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,501 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,401 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,816 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
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