Xena — #1297 US girls' name
3,331 babies named Xena in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Xena was born in this single decade.
279 babies were named Xena in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xena
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,331 babies named Xena between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Xena currently holds the #1297 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 279 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xena performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,067 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Xena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 496 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Xena in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xena 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 3,331 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.
Xena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Xena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (1996)
- 279
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #1297 among girls.
3,331 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 279 births in a single year.
Xena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,067 births that decade — 32% of Xena's all-time total
Xena decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,067 births
- Runner-up 990 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Xena's strongest decade
1,067 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Xena by state
Where Xena concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 496 | 14.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 384 | 11.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 213 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 179 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 81 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 79 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 60 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 60 | 1.8% |
496 of 3,331 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.9% of nationwide
- Texas 11.5% of nationwide
- New York 6.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Xena appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1992–2024 (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.