Girls' name · since 1991
Xanadu
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.
- #56,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Xanadu sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1991.
Xanadu has 10 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 1993.
- #56,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xanadu ranks #56,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #56,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Xanadu's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Xanadu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xanadu's full recorded timeline at 1993, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births.
Xanadu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1993
- Peak year (1991)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Xanadu by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Xanadu's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Xanadu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Xanadu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1991–1993 (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 Xanadu 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.