Roxanne

#1,309 for girls in 2025, 170 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #5,200
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1954 · 2,232 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
59,532
since 1906

Roxanne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Roxanne has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #158, 1954girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,309170
2024#1,275182
2023#1,310173
2022#1,371169
2021#1,175208
2020#1,120215
2019#1,180199
2018#1,262183
2017#1,248190
2016#1,284188
2015#1,311181
2014#1,164211
2013#988253
2012#1,035245
2011#1,019245
2010#1,051236
2009#1,017258
2008#1,104234
2007#1,196211
2006#1,173207
2005#1,061225
2004#1,043222
2003#1,146189
2002#1,077197
2001#1,127186
2000#946225
1999#896237
1998#831256
1997#783266
1996#671330
1995#638341
1994#598376
1993#527459
1992#431585
1991#403634
1990#336803
1989#277975
1988#2181,191#5,2008
1987#2501,021#3,95911
1986#302811
1985#285878#6,5235
1984#317749
1983#287818#6,2385
1982#277879
1981#285852#6,2625
1980#285870
1979#278879
1978#307760
1977#316751
1976#328679
1975#309744
1974#316722
1973#321702
1972#288883
1971#2771,036
1970#2891,013#4,7245
1969#2681,090
1968#2671,015
1967#2681,005
1966#2441,186
1965#2421,271
1964#2411,324
1963#2201,527
1962#2191,515
1961#2021,724#3,6526
1960#1931,920
1959#2021,707#3,9885
1958#2051,586
1957#1981,774
1956#1722,114#3,9425
1955#1652,092
1954#1582,232
1953#1781,763
1952#1871,578
1951#2341,080
1950#296682
1949#436331
1948#471290
1947#502270
1946#517232
1945#515198
1944#547175
1943#565179
1942#720107
1941#661115
1940#73290
1939#86266
1938#89962
1937#94054
1936#94153
1935#1,33130
1934#1,44026
1933#1,51324
1932#1,59723
1931#2,10515
1930#2,84510
1929#3,1379
1928#2,95410
1927#3,5618
1926#2,70812
1925#3,3629
1924
1923#3,12510
1922#4,4456
1921
1920#3,9577
1919#3,8177
1918#4,2916
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1913#3,1875
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1906#1,7276
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five girls were named Roxanne! It came in at #1,727, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1907–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Roxanne is popular in 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedAKMaine: #140 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 594 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #167 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 837 girlsNHWashington: #223 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,174 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #128 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 476 girlsNDMinnesota: #153 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 759 girlsMNIllinois: #335 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,065 girlsILWisconsin: #185 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,075 girlsWIMichigan: #311 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,963 girlsMINew York: #321 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,914 girlsNYMassachusetts: #383 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,171 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedRIOregon: #261 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,368 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedSDIowa: #214 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,164 girlsIAIndiana: #302 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,969 girlsINOhio: #392 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,193 girlsOHPennsylvania: #309 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,987 girlsPANew Jersey: #452 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,182 girlsNJConnecticut: #317 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,838 girlsCTCalifornia: #285 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 1,486 girlsCAUtah: #372 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,171 girlsUTColorado: #292 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,565 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedMOKentucky: #447 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,865 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedWVVirginia: #262 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,477 girlsVAMaryland: #354 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,351 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedDEArizona: #265 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,232 girlsAZNew Mexico: #209 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 827 girlsNMKansas: #347 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #464 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,875 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Roxanne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #342 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,923 girlsOKLouisiana: #198 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 917 girlsLAMississippi: #487 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,281 girlsMSAlabama: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,281 girlsALGeorgia: #434 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,097 girlsGAHawaii: #257 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 907 girlsHITexas: #262 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 1,311 girlsTXFlorida: #372 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,261 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#128 · 1 in 476
  2. Maine#140 · 1 in 594
  3. Minnesota#153 · 1 in 759
  4. New Hampshire#167 · 1 in 837
  5. Wisconsin#185 · 1 in 1,075

Best ever in a state: #29 in Hawaii, 1955.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#12881 in 476
Maine#140101 in 594
Minnesota#153301 in 759
New Hampshire#16751 in 837
Wisconsin#185251 in 1,075
Louisiana#198281 in 917
New Mexico#20991 in 827
Iowa#214141 in 1,164
Washington#223161 in 1,174
Hawaii#25751 in 907
Oregon#26191 in 1,368
Texas#262721 in 1,311
Virginia#262191 in 1,477
Arizona#265121 in 1,232
California#285881 in 1,486
Colorado#292101 in 1,565
Indiana#302181 in 1,969
Pennsylvania#309341 in 1,987
Michigan#311301 in 1,963
Connecticut#31781 in 1,838
New York#321541 in 1,914
Illinois#335341 in 2,065
Oklahoma#34281 in 1,923
Kansas#34761 in 1,994
Maryland#35481 in 2,351
Florida#372191 in 2,261
Utah#37251 in 2,171
Massachusetts#383101 in 3,171
Ohio#392221 in 3,193
Georgia#434111 in 3,097
Kentucky#44761 in 3,865
Alabama#44871 in 3,281
New Jersey#452121 in 3,182
North Carolina#46491 in 3,875
Mississippi#48751 in 3,281
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Delaware
District of Columbia
Idaho
Missouri
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Nebraska
Nevada
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Roxanne
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#1,275#1,309)
  • 189 spots since 2020 (#1,120#1,309)
  • 2 spots since 2015 (#1,311#1,309)
  • Biggest jump: 390 spots in 1936 (#1,331#941)
  • Biggest drop: 181 spots in 2001 (#946#1,127)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1954 at #158 (2,232 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1936–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 870
  • Highest: 1 in 870 girls born in 1954 were named Roxanne (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,455 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 27.9% of all girls named Roxanne (16,608) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,727 (1906)#1,727
1910s18#3,187 (1913)#3,765
1920s71#2,708 (1926)#3,406
1930s363#862 (1939)#1,447
1940s1,987#436 (1949)#567
1950s16,608#158 (1954)#200
1960s13,577#193 (1960)#236
1970s8,169#277 (1971)#303
1980s9,044#218 (1988)#278
1990s4,287#336 (1990)#611
2000s2,154#946 (2000)#1,089
2010s2,131#988 (2013)#1,154
2020s1,117#1,120 (2020)#1,260

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Roxanne in 1973

girls
#321
702 births · 1 in 2,077 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #321Roxanne702
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 2,077 of them was named Roxanne, which outranked 96.7% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roxanne
  1. #318Shari724
  2. #319Ronda719
  3. #320Ericka706
  4. #321Roxanne702
  5. #321Amie702
  6. #323Bobbi699
  7. #324Angelia698
  8. #325Shelia691

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973