# Roxane (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roxane/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Roxana, Roxanne, Roxeanne |
| US babies named this | 5,179 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,179 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 51, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Luna.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11 | 10,527 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12,066 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,010 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9,024 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,318 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,284 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,606 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,705 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,524 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,700 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,224 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,938 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,212 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,851 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,591 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Roxane

- Roxane Gay, American writer
- Roxane Mesquida, French actress
- Roxane Duran, French actress
- Roxane Fournier, French bicycle racer
- Roxane Knetemann, Dutch racing cyclist

## 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.