Xael — #6732 US boys' name
71 babies named Xael in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to boys today.
72% of everyone ever named Xael was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Xael in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xael
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Xael between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Xael currently holds the #6732 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Xael is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 2018.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xael performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Xael shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Xael in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xael 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 71 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.
Xael at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Xael popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #6732 among boys.
71 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 13 births in a single year.
Xael popularity over time — girls
12 total births recorded since 2018 (Xael as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Xael accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Xael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 51 births that decade — 72% of Xael's all-time total
Xael decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Xael's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Xael by state
Where Xael concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 7.0% |
5 of 71 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.