Roxanne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roxanne: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roxanne: Recorded since 1982, it reached #229 in 2009, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#229highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#296
1997	#369
1998	#431
1999	#498
2000	#615
2001	#565
2002	#761
2003	#478
2004	#483
2005	#499
2006	#372
2007	#439
2008	#292
2009	#229
2010	#248
2011	#316
2012	#414
2013	#575
2014	#608
2015	#609
2016	#645
2017	#814
2018	#843
2019	#980
2020	#749
2021	#901
2022	#1081
2023	#1469
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 16 of the 38 years from 1982 to 2019.

In 2019: #716 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #980 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #467 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #229 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Roxanne appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 2,275 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1982.

Roxanne across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Roxanne's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#467 (1982)	#388 (1986)	#716 (2019)	16 of 38	78 (1982–2019)	10 (2017)
England and Wales · Girls	#296 (1996)	#229 (2009)	#1541 (2024)	29 of 29	2,275 (1996–2024)	212 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#439 (2008)	#324 (2010)	#451 (2012)	3 of 5	11 (2008–2012)	5 (2010)

Roxanne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roxanne in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	342	4 of 10	86
2000sbusiest	910	10 of 10	91
2010s	863	10 of 10	86
2020s	160	5 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 91 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 68, from 93 to 161.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Roxanne appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #229 in England and Wales in 2009.

Roxanne's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1081	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#901	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#749	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#843	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#814	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#645	65	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#609	68	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#608	67	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#575	71	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#414	110	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#316	153	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#248	202	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#229	212	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#292	161	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#439	93	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#372	112	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#499	70	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#483	70	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#478	68	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#761	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#565	49	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#615	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#498	58	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#431	71	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#369	88	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#296	125	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1982 and 2024, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #229, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 212 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Roxana · #475, 29y
Roxanna · #655, 29y
Roxi · #1520, 15y
Roxie · #700, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eimer · #229, 40y
Sidra · #230, 40y
Darach · #227, 32y
Kristopher · #227, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Kirstin · #229, 18y
Fallon · #230, 33y
Sidra · #230, 40y
Siomha · #228, 16y

Roxanne was ranked #229 in England and Wales · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roxanne and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roxanne without appearing here.

Roxanne moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2016 they stood at #550 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #396 and #873.
Donna Compare
In 2016 they stood at #768 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #396 and #873.
Pamela Compare
In 2016 they stood at #689 and #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #396 and #873.
Sharon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #768 and #398 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #396 and #873.

Moved ahead of Roxanne

Ellie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #457 and #515 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #32.
Ruby Compare
In 2004 they stood at #417 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #58.
Taylor Compare
In 2004 they stood at #415 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #117.
Freya Compare
In 2004 they stood at #415 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #119.

Moved the opposite way to Roxanne

Abigail Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 while Abigail went from #399 to #59.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 while Alexandra went from #286 to #88.
Alice Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 while Alice went from #161 to #35.
Anna Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 while Anna went from #65 to #19.

Moved the same way as Roxanne

Alma Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 and Alma from #248 to #502.
Audrey Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 and Audrey from #80 to #716.
Camilla Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 and Camilla from #523 to #871.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1982 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roxanne went from #467 to #716 and Deirdre from #15 to #871.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #229 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roxanne

Roxanne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roxanne across 3 official records

Roxanne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Roxanne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Roxanne at a glance

Roxanne across 3 official records

Roxanne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Roxanne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Roxanne

Roxanne and the names beside it

Roxanne moved ahead of

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