Boys' name · since 2024
Xhosen
Xhosen has 29 recorded births since 2024 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,233 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,042 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xhosen currently ranks #5042 among boys' names in America, with 29 babies recorded since 2024.
Xhosen has 29 recorded births among boys since 2024, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5042 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of boys, 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 2024 to 2025.
- #26,233 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,042 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2024
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xhosen ranks #26,233 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,042 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,233 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,042 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xhosen's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Xhosen compares
29 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Xhosen's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xhosen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Xhosen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Xhosen's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Xhosen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Xhosen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (29 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Xhosen's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Xhosen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 29 births (100% of all-time use).
Xhosen by state
Where Xhosen concentrates geographically, total births since 2024
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 20.7% |
6 of 29 births nationwide.
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- Georgia records the most Xhosens (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2024–2025 (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 Xhosen 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.