Girls' name · since 1995
Xela
371 babies named Xela in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 371
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Xela is the #4942 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 371 recorded since 1995.
Xela has 371 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4942 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #14,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,942 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 371 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xela ranks #14,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,942 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 371 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 371
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xela's 371 recorded births place it above 80.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Xela compares
371 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Xela's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 371 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Xela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Xela splits its recorded history at 2013: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Xela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Xela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (170 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Xela's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Xela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s
2020s
170 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 170 births (46% of all-time use).
Xela by state
Where Xela concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 6.2% |
25 of 371 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Xelas (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Xela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Xela 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.