Xanadu — girls' name
10 babies named Xanadu in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Xanadu was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Xanadu in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xanadu
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Xanadu between 1991 and 1993, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Xanadu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xanadu performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xanadu 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 10 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.
Xanadu at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Xanadu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
10 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 5 births in a single year.
Xanadu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Xanadu's all-time total
Xanadu decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Xanadu's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–1993 (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.