Roxanne
- Pronunciation
- [Ro-xanne]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Dawn
- Origin
- French
Roxanne Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 59,359 baby girls have been named Roxanne. The name peaked in 1954 with 2,232 US births that year (rank #158). In 2024, ranked #1275 nationally — 1,117 places below its 1954 peak.
Top States for Roxanne
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Roxanne births are: California (8,465), Texas (5,563), New York (4,709).
Other French-Origin Names Like Roxanne
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7-Letter Names Starting with R
Names with Roxanne's exact length and starting letter: Rabbani, Rabican, Rachael, Rachele, Radbert.
Quick Facts About Roxanne
US Popularity History (2000–2013)
Annual US births named Roxanne by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2013 with 253 girls named Roxanne (girl rank #993 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Roxanne Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Roxanne the strongest states are Washington, Wisconsin, Colorado.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #755 | 37 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | #844 | 17 |
| 3 | Colorado | #870 | 43 |
| 4 | Arizona | #870 | 30 |
| 5 | California | #908 | 281 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #908 | 281 |
| 2 | Arizona | #870 | 30 |
| 3 | Colorado | #870 | 43 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | #844 | 17 |
| 5 | Washington | #755 | 37 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Roxanne in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Roxanne to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Roxanne against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).