Fun Facts About the Name Oksana
- More than 1 thousand babies named Oksana: U.S. records list 1,055 babies given the name Oksana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Oksana Mean?
Oksana is the Ukrainian form of the name Xenia, which comes from the Greek word xenia (ξενία), meaning "hospitality" or the bond between host and guest. That noun is built on xenos (ξένος), "guest, stranger, foreigner," plus the abstract ending -ia. In Greek usage xenia named the duty of welcoming strangers, a bond associated with Zeus Xenios.
The name entered Slavic use through the veneration of saints called Xenia, above all Xenia of Rome. In Church Slavonic and Russian the saint's name appears as Ksenia (Ксения), while Oksana is the Ukrainian development of the same name, parallel to the Russian vernacular form Aksinya (Аксинья). Its established meaning is therefore the Greek one, "hospitality," carried over rather than newly created in Ukrainian.
Oksana Name History & Origins
The name spread with Christianity, as Greek saints' names were taken into Church Slavonic and then into the local languages of the East Slavic lands. Xenia of Rome, remembered for giving away her possessions and living as a wandering ascetic, was the model behind the name in the Eastern churches. In Russian usage the saint's name settled as Ksenia, and Ukrainian Oksana belongs to the same tradition. Like the Russian form Aksinya, it shows an added vowel before the Greek opening cluster ks-, a common way East Slavic speakers adapted such names.
Veneration of another bearer of the name, Xenia of St. Petersburg, an eighteenth-century ascetic venerated as a "fool for Christ," grew mainly in Russia; she was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988. Her following belongs chiefly to the Russian form of the name rather than to Ukrainian Oksana.
Oksana is common in Ukraine and among Ukrainian communities abroad, and it is also used in Russia and Belarus. Ukrainian diminutives include Oksanka and Oksanochka. The name appears in nineteenth-century Ukrainian literature, including the poetry of Taras Shevchenko, and has remained a familiar given name in Ukrainian-speaking regions.
How Popular is the Name Oksana?
Oksana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1995. Its best rank was #1,860 in 1995.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,404 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #7,148 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #5,504 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #5,270 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #6,611 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #8,293 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #6,633 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #8,049 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #9,198 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #9,918 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #7,191 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #6,148 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #9,468 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #6,062 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #5,165 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #5,743 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #7,274 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #7,658 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2007 | #5,063 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #4,438 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #4,246 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #5,337 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #5,985 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #6,959 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #3,388 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1999 | #3,943 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1998 | #3,550 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1997 | #2,650 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 1996 | #2,273 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 1995 | #1,860 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 1994 | #2,287 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 1993 | #10,282 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #14,865 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #10,481 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #7,915 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #7,719 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #9,765 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #9,352 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #5,405 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #8,916 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #8,308 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #7,840 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,349 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #7,230 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #6,393 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #5,697 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #5,176 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #3,860 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1959 | #6,040 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #5,256 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #3,259 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1956 | #5,189 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,981 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #3,278 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1953 | #4,905 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #3,500 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1951 | #2,666 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1950 | #3,872 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
