# Roxana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roxana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Persian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Roxanna |
| US babies named this | 12,020 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26 / 11,994 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 454, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 189 | 1,265 |
| 2012 | 140 | 1,564 |
| 2013 | 118 | 1,752 |
| 2014 | 105 | 1,918 |
| 2015 | 127 | 1,683 |
| 2016 | 107 | 1,895 |
| 2017 | 108 | 1,888 |
| 2018 | 100 | 1,976 |
| 2019 | 109 | 1,860 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,837 |
| 2021 | 97 | 2,004 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2,066 |
| 2023 | 88 | 2,174 |
| 2024 | 92 | 2,096 |
| 2025 | 77 | 2,366 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 6 | 6,576 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,977 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,796 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,501 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,291 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,449 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Roxana
- Czech: Roxana
- Dutch: Roxane
- French: Roxane
- Greek: Ρωξάνη
- Hebrew: רוקסנה
- Italian: Rossana
- Polish: Roksana
- Portuguese: Rosana, Rosane, Rosânia
- Romanian: Ruxandra
- Russian: Рокса́на
- Spanish: Roxana
- Turkish: Roksana

## People named Roxana

- Roxana, Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
- Roxana Saberi, American journalist
- Roxana Maracineanu, French swimmer and politician
- Roxana Dumitrescu, fencer
- Roxana Zal, American actress
- Roxana Gómez, Cuban athletics competitor
- Roxana Díaz, Cuban sprinter
- Roxana Luca, figure skater

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.