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Roxanna

Meaning: Bright, luminous
Origin: Variant of Roxana (from Persian)

Girl's name · #2856 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Roxanna reached its best rank, #575, in 1954 and ranked #2856 in 2025. About 13,000 girls have carried it since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#3,367 in Canada (2024).

Famous Roxannas

Roxanna Panufnik — British composer
Roxanna Brown — American art historian
Roxanna Bennett — Canadian poet
Roxanna Carrillo — Peruvian activist and feminist

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Roxana (#2366), Roxanna would rank around #1540 with about 140 births last year — the newborns split about 56/44 between Roxana and Roxanna.

Similar names: Roxana · Aida · Roxanne · Dianna · Anissa · Kianna

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