Xeng — boys' name
137 babies named Xeng in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Xeng was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Xeng in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xeng
The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Xeng between 1981 and 2001, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Xeng currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xeng performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Xeng shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Xeng in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xeng 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 137 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.
Xeng at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Xeng popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1981
- Peak year (1990)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
137 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 12 births in a single year.
Xeng by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 76 births that decade — 55% of Xeng's all-time total
Xeng decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Xeng's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Xeng by state
Where Xeng concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 13.1% |
18 of 137 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 13.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.1% 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, 1981–2001 (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.