Xen — #5375 US boys' name
128 babies named Xen in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
72% of everyone ever named Xen was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Xen in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xen
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Xen between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Xen currently holds the #5375 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Xen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Xen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Xen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xen 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 128 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.
Xen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Xen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2022)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #5375 among boys.
128 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 28 births in a single year.
Xen popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 2003 (Xen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Xen accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Xen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 92 births that decade — 72% of Xen's all-time total
Xen decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Xen's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Xen by state
Where Xen concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% 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, 2001–2024 (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.