Girl name#1,276 of girl names
Roxana
Pronounced R AA0 K S AE1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1991
- 143 years in use
How popular is Roxana?
Roxana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 11,959 children — the 1,276th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 45% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1991, when 315 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R AA0 K S AE1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Roxana
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Roxana
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Roxana?
- Roxana ranks 1,276th among girls' names in US records, with 11,959 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,029.
- Is Roxana a unisex name?
- No. Roxana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Roxana most popular?
- 1991, when 315 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.