Roxie
Feminine · “bright”
Roxie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 18,412 girls against 203 boys since 1880.
Roxie is a Persian star at the end of a long journey. Roshanak was the name of a Bactrian noblewoman who married Alexander of Macedon, and the word behind it means bright or shining.
How old is the name Roxie?
Roxie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Roxie alive today was born around 1930, making them about 95 years old. About 7,100 people named Roxie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Roxie most popular?
Roxie peaked in 1881, reaching #177 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, 3,726 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
Where it comes from
From raoxšna to Roxie
The story of Roxie
Roxana was the wife of Alexander the Great, taken in Bactria during his eastern campaign, and Greek historians recorded her name — which is how a Persian word entered European naming. It stayed a literary and historical name for centuries and became a general given name in English in the eighteenth. Roxie is the American pet form, registered as a legal name from the 1880s and peaking around 1890 alongside Roxanna and Roxana.
Meaning
bright, shining, dawn
From the Old Persian raoxšna, 'bright' or 'shining', through the name Roshanak — a diminutive, so something like 'little bright one'. The modern Persian rowshan, meaning bright or clear, is the same word still in use.
How the name formed
- raoxšna
- Roshanak
- Roxana
- Roxie
Related forms: Roshanak · Roksana · Roxane · Roxy
Pronouncing Roxie
ROK-see
Two syllables, stress on the first. Roxie and Roxy are said identically.
Nicknames for Roxie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1918309 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #177reached in 1881
- Change vs 2022
- −11.9%37 in 2025, from 42
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Roxie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Roshanak in Persian — related form
- Roksana in Russian — related form
- Roxane in French — related form
- Roxy in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Ohio.
Roxies among us
people named Roxie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Roxie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Roxie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Roxie is headed
Roxie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Roxie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Roxie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Persian origin with a transparent and attractive meaning.
- Roxana and Roxanne both stand behind it as formal forms.
- Bright and quick, with no pronunciation risk in English.
- Roxie and Roxy are both established spellings.
- It is period-coded to the late nineteenth century in American records.
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Feminine · #3903 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Roxies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,100 people named Roxie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Roxie in 2025?
- Roxie ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Roxie?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Roxie — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Roxie with classmates?
- Roxie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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