Xanthia — girls' name
37 babies named Xanthia in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Xanthia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Xanthia in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xanthia
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Xanthia between 1981 and 2011, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Xanthia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xanthia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Xanthia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xanthia 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 37 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.
Xanthia at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Xanthia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1981
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
37 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 8 births in a single year.
Xanthia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 14 births that decade — 38% of Xanthia's all-time total
Xanthia decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Xanthia's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1981–2011 (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.