Roxanne

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Roxanne is a Persian feminine given name. The English rendition of the name is derived from Greek Ῥωξάνη Rhōxanē, used for Roxana, one of Cambyses's wives, the daughter of Idérnēs, a sister of one sister of king Mithridates VI, and the wife of Alexander the Great.

From Wikipedia

Roxanne first appears in the data in 1906 and has been recorded in 107 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1954 with 2,232 babies (rank #158 that year). In 2024 it was given to 182 girls (rank #1,275). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Roxanne

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Roxanne yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

59,414
Total babies (all years)
107
Years in the data
2,232
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19066#1,917
19135#3,619
19186#4,731
19197#4,186
19207#4,326
19226#4,926
192310#3,317
19259#3,615
192612#2,850
19278#3,818
192810#3,126
19299#3,352
193010#3,019
193115#2,192
193223#1,623
193324#1,543
193426#1,474
193530#1,350
193653#949
193754#949
193862#903
193966#865
194090#733
1941115#662
1942107#724
1943179#566
1944175#549
1945198#519
1946232#517
1947270#503
1948290#471
1949331#436
1950682#297
19511,080#234
19521,578#187
19531,763#179
19542,232#158
19552,092#165
19562,114#172
19571,774#198
19581,586#205
19591,707#202
19601,920#193
19611,724#202
19621,515#219
19631,527#220
19641,324#241
19651,271#242
19661,186#245
19671,004#268
19681,016#267
19691,090#268
19701,013#289
19711,036#279
1972883#288
1973702#322
1974722#317
1975744#309
1976679#329
1977751#316
1978760#308
1979879#278
1980870#285
1981852#285
1982880#277
1983818#288
1984749#317
1985878#285
1986811#302
19871,021#250
19881,191#218
1989975#277
1990803#336
1991634#404
1992585#431
1993459#527
1994376#599
1995340#640
1996330#672
1997266#783
1998256#833
1999237#896
2000225#951
2001186#1,130
2002197#1,083
2003189#1,148
2004222#1,046
2005225#1,064
2006207#1,181
2007211#1,198
2008234#1,106
2009258#1,018
2010236#1,053
2011245#1,021
2012245#1,036
2013253#993
2014211#1,169
2015180#1,323
2016188#1,284
2017190#1,249
2018183#1,267
2019198#1,189
2020215#1,125
2021208#1,177
2022169#1,372
2023172#1,321
2024182#1,275