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Roxanne

Pronounced R AA1 K S IH0 N (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1954
  • 119 years in use
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How popular is Roxanne?

Roxanne is a girls' name, and first appears in 1906. It has been given to 59,414 children — the 484th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1954, when 2,232 children were given it.

06251,2501,8752,500192019401960198020002020
1954Girls: 2,232Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
R AA1 K S IH0 N · R AA2 K S AE1 N
Stress pattern:
10 · 21
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Roxanne

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Roxanne

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Roxanne?
Roxanne ranks 484th among girls' names in US records, with 59,414 births since 1906. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,885.
Is Roxanne a unisex name?
No. Roxanne is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Roxanne most popular?
1954, when 2,232 children were given the name. It has been in use for 119 years and is still recorded as of 2024.