Given name
Roxann
“born with the morning's first light”
Roxann is a variant of Roxanne. One Persian interpretation is “born with the morning's first light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roxann is a variant of Roxanne. One Persian interpretation is “born with the morning's first light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roxann is a variant of Roxanne. An origin associated with Roxanne is Persian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roxann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,885
- 0 boys · 8,885 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 426 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,592 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,592 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 426 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,041 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roxann
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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