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Roxanna

Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,822 for girls

Roxanna is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).

What does Roxanna mean?

Persian

A female given name from Persian, variant of Roxana.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Roxanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Roxanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Roxanna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,276th among girls
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Roxanna, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 33 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Roxanna than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Roxanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Roxanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 33 in 20102025
Roxanna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20249#2,832
202311#2,481
20226#3,728
202113#2,202
20205#4,110
201914#2,052
201813#2,198
201712#2,336
201616#1,941
201511#2,458
201413#2,189
201315#1,964
201216#1,914
201123#1,421
201033#1,080
200919#1,556
200822#1,390
200715#1,784
200619#1,418
200514#1,692
20048#2,406
200315#1,492
20023#4,284
20019#1,974
20004#3,399
19996#2,559
199811#1,694
199712#1,559
199613#1,450

How popular is Roxanna in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,822nd among girls
Babies in 2025
60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Roxanna, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,580th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 316 girls.

Half of all the girls named Roxanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 137 girls in the US were given Roxanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,364, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 316 in 19882025
Roxanna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202560#2,822
202449#3,225
202358#2,891
202265#2,661
202158#2,892
202066#2,580
201976#2,355
201888#2,145
201784#2,236
201691#2,129
201596#2,039
2014107#1,876
201397#2,002
2012120#1,719
2011136#1,592
2010163#1,402
2009148#1,528
2008143#1,589
2007147#1,551
2006145#1,514
2005133#1,539
2004152#1,372
2003150#1,347
2002136#1,410
2001155#1,265
2000124#1,479
1999122#1,429
1998112#1,506
1997113#1,454
1996162#1,117
1995171#1,046
1994166#1,081
1993174#1,052
1992148#1,181
1991190#986
1990212#903
1989254#765
1988316#628
1987301#634
1986195#851
1985189#853
1984167#894
1983185#828
1982184#846
1981184#846
1980117#1,152
1979146#981
1978125#1,063
1977128#1,034
1976132#964
1975143#910
1974120#1,003
1973135#911
1972169#800
1971173#807
1970161#840
1969177#757
1968162#789
1967150#812
1966179#736
1965180#745
1964172#793
1963250#640
1962237#660
1961273#614
1960254#635
1959180#757
1958176#750
1957173#757
1956204#672
1955208#641
1954245#571
1953175#683
1952156#711
1951177#650
1950149#702
1949100#878
1948106#848
194791#928
194695#848
194579#849
194472#900
194377#889
194246#1,162
194147#1,065
194045#1,080
193944#1,079
193844#1,079
193751#981
193649#979
193528#1,381
193430#1,317
193321#1,658
193220#1,753
193119#1,802
193025#1,568
192917#2,010
192823#1,737
192722#1,827
192620#1,931
192519#2,017
192421#1,925
192320#1,944
192220#1,957
192122#1,867
192018#2,079
191925#1,604
191821#1,805
191721#1,708
191616#2,028
191515#2,049
191418#1,541
191313#1,670
191211#1,718
19117#1,956
191012#1,335
19090–
19089#1,439
19070–
190611#1,154
19050–
190410#1,170
190314#931
19026#1,593
19019#1,136
190012#1,105
18996#1,393
189812#1,009
18977#1,263
18960–
18955#1,592
18946#1,352
18935#1,437
18926#1,278
18918#1,006
18907#1,099
18895#1,278
18889#894
18870–
18869#778
18856#921
18847#851
18835#920
18828#678
18810–
18809#580

Names like Roxanna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria, Jessica, Diana, Rebecca, Lara, Francesca, Fatima, Sara, Sophia, Rosa, Melissa, Alana

Other spellings of Roxanna

Roxana

Names related to Roxanna

Roxanne, Roxane, Roxann

More Persian names

Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman

Every Persian name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Roxanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roxanna, updated 20 October 2026.