Roxy
Feminine · “bright”
Roxy is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 3,868 girls against 103 boys since 1880.
Roxy shortens Roxana — the Persian for dawn — and Alexander the Great married a woman of that name.
How old is the name Roxy?
Roxy first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Roxy alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 3,100 people named Roxy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Roxy most popular?
Roxy peaked in 1883, reaching #536 nationally. Today it ranks #2458, 1,922 places below that high. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
From raoxshna to Roxy
The story of Roxy
Roxana was a Bactrian nobleman's daughter who married Alexander after the siege of the Sogdian Rock and bore his posthumous son; both were murdered in the succession wars. Roxy is the English affectionate form, and a great many theaters and cinemas carry it. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
bright, dawn
Through Roxana, from the Old Persian raoxshna, 'bright' or 'shining', related to the modern Persian rowshan. Alexander married the historical Roxana in 327 BC. The Persian is documented and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- raoxshna
- Roxana
- Roxy
Related forms: Roxie · Roxana · Roshanak
Pronouncing Roxy
ROK-see
Two syllables, stress on the first. Roxy and Roxie are homophones.
Nicknames for Roxy
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
- 1882
- Most girls named
- 2008135 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #536reached in 1883
- Change vs 2022
- +30.9%72 in 2025, from 55
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.
Roxy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Roxie in English — spelling variant
- Roxana in English — related form
- Roshanak in Persian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Roxys among us
people named Roxy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was named Roxy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Roxy
- #2458
- Roxy on the 2025 chart
- #880
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Roxy went to 72 girls in 2025, but Roxi is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 80, which makes it the 880th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,578 places above the chart.
- Roxy72
- Roxi8
About 1 girl in 20,091 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,323 for Roxy itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Roxy 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 Roxy is headed
Roxy 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.
Roxy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Roxy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Alexander's Bactrian wife is a first-rate historical bearer.
- The dawn meaning is transparent and beautiful.
- Roxana is available as a full formal version.
- It reads as a diminutive rather than a full name.
- A great many cinemas and theaters carry the name.
- Roxie and Roxy are both in circulation.
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Feminine · #2458 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Roxys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Roxy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Roxy?
- Roxy is the most-used spelling in US records — 72 of the 80 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Roxi.
- How popular is the name Roxy in 2025?
- Roxy ranks #2458 among US girl names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Roxy?
- About 1 in every 22,323 US girls born in 2025 was named Roxy — 72 in all.
- Will my child share the name Roxy with classmates?
- Roxy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Roxy
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