Recorded 2015–2022 Girls' name Peak 2022 22 births

Xaelah — girls' name

22 babies named Xaelah in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s152020s7
2010s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Xaelah was born in this single decade.

2022
Single peak year

7 babies were named Xaelah in 2022 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Xaelah

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Xaelah between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Xaelah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Xaelah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Xaelah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Xaelah 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 22 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.

Xaelah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

22

Since 2015

8 years of records

Peak year

2022

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2015

Recorded for 8 years

Last year on file: 2022

Xaelah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2015

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2022)
7
Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2022201720162015 5

Xaelah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
15 births that decade — 68% of Xaelah's all-time total
2010s152020s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Xaelah?
22 babies have been named Xaelah since 2015. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2022 with 7 births.
When was Xaelah most popular?
Xaelah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Xaelah been used?
Xaelah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 8 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Xaelah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Xaela, Xaelia, Xael. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2015–2022 (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.