Roxann

Where Roxann comes from

Roxann hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1932
    First appearance
    #3,901 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1955
    Peak, #429
    426 babies named Roxann — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1956
    Roxann Robinson born
    American politician in Virginia
  4. 1958
    Roxann Dawson born
    American actress and director
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #761.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Roxann Dawson · American actress and director, born 1958
  • Roxann Robinson · American politician in Virginia, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.