Xandra — #15531 US girls' name
514 babies named Xandra in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Xandra was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Xandra in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xandra
The Social Security Administration has registered 514 babies named Xandra between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Xandra currently holds the #15531 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xandra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Xandra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Xandra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xandra 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 514 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.
Xandra at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Xandra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (2004)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #15531 among girls.
514 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 33 births in a single year.
Xandra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 216 births that decade — 42% of Xandra's all-time total
Xandra decade highlights
- Peak decade 216 births
- Runner-up 137 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Xandra's strongest decade
216 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Xandra by state
Where Xandra concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 514 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1948–2024 (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.