Boys' name · since 2021
Xaelyn
Xaelyn has 19 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,543 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,466 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Xaelyn is the #13466 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 19 recorded since 2021.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xaelyn has been recorded 19 times among boys since 2021, currently ranked #13466 nationally and more common than 3% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #29,543 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,466 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 19 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xaelyn ranks #29,543 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,466 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 19 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,543 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,466 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xaelyn's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Xaelyn compares
19 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Xaelyn's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xaelyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Xaelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xaelyn's full recorded timeline at 2023, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Xaelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Xaelyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Xaelyn's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Xaelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Xaelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2021–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Xaelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.