Roxanne
About Roxanne
Best known as the beautiful heroine to whom Cyrano de Bergerac says, "Your name is like a golden bell".
After peaking in 1954, the name dipped out of the Top 1000 in 2012. It returned at Number 986 for 2013. Activist writer Roxane Gay uses an alternate spelling.
As of October 2026, Roxanne ranked #1315 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #158 in 1954, Nameberry popularity #761.
Editor's take: The name Roxanne is a girl's name of Persian origin meaning "dawn".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,169 | 211 | 118.1 |
| 2015 | #1,323 | 180 | 100.8 |
| 2016 | #1,284 | 188 | 106.1 |
| 2017 | #1,249 | 190 | 110.1 |
| 2018 | #1,267 | 183 | 107.6 |
| 2019 | #1,189 | 198 | 118 |
| 2020 | #1,125 | 215 | 133 |
| 2021 | #1,177 | 208 | 126.8 |
| 2022 | #1,372 | 169 | 103 |
| 2023 | #1,321 | 172 | 107.2 |
| 2024 | #1,275 | 182 | 112.3 |
| 2025 | #1,315 | 170 | 105.8 |
World rankings
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Roxanne on lists
Famous Roxannes
- Roxanne Emery
English singer,songwriter
- Roxanne "Roxy" Pallett
English actress
- Roxanne James
Canadian MP
- Roxanne Guinoo
Filipina actress
- Lolita "Roxanne" Shanté
American rapper and singer
- Roxanne McKee
English actress and model
- Roxanne Quimby
American artist and businesswoman, cofounder of Burt's Bees
- Roxanne Tong
Hong Kong actress
Roxanne in pop culture
- Roxanne "Roxie" Hart
main character in the play, musical, and movie "Chicago"
- Roxanne Kowalski
main character in 1987 film "Roxanne,"
- Roxanne Ritchie
character from the animated film Megamind
- Roxanne Bojarski
character on the show American Dreams
- Roxanne "Roxy" Harmon
character in 2011 film "God Bless America"
- Roxanne "Roxy" Morton
character in "Kingsman: The Secret Service"
- Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine
character in DC Universe
- Roxanne Sutton
also known as Roxy Rocket, character in DC Universe
- Roxanne
song by The Police
- Tango de Roxanne
a song from the movie Moulin Rouge
- Roxanne
the Rustboro City rock,type Gym Leader in the Pokemon games and anime.
- Roxanne
the love interest of Max Goof in "A Goofy Movie"
- Roxanne "Roxy" Ryan
character from "New York Minute"
- Roxanne Weasley
daughter of Percy Weasley, twin sister of Fred Weasley II
- Roxanne
song by Arizona Zervas
Variations & nicknames
- RoksanaRussian
- RoxaneGreek