Boys' name · since 2007
Xalen
21 babies named Xalen in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,411 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2007
- 2000s
- peak decade
21 babies have been named Xalen since 2007, making it today's #11411 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Xalen recorded 21 times among boys since 2007, holding rank #11411 nationally today, ahead of 18% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #28,890 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,411 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 2007
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xalen ranks #28,890 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,411 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 21 born since 2007, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,411 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2007
- 2000s
- peak decade
Xalen's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Xalen compares
21 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
Xalen's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xalen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Xalen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Xalen's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Xalen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Xalen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (8 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Xalen's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Xalen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 8 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Xalen's data
- Xalen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Xalen 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.