Xanthe — girls' name
309 babies named Xanthe in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Xanthe was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Xanthe in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xanthe
The Social Security Administration has registered 309 babies named Xanthe between 1964 and 2023, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Xanthe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xanthe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Xanthe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xanthe 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 309 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.
Xanthe at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Xanthe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1964
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
309 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 12 births in a single year.
Xanthe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 77 births that decade — 25% of Xanthe's all-time total
Xanthe decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Xanthe's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% 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, 1964–2023 (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.