Exa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Exa

The Social Security Administration has registered 466 babies named Exa between 1881 and 1953, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Exa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Exa performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Exa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Exa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Exa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 466 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.