Unisex name · since 2017
Xi
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Xi, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,978 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,572 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Xi is the #9572 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 52 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xi has been recorded 52 times among boys since 2017, currently ranked #9572 nationally and more common than 31% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #21,978 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,572 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 52 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xi ranks #21,978 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,572 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 52 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,978 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,572 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xi's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Xi compares
52 17th 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
Xi's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Xi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xi's full recorded timeline at 2022, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Xi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Xi popularity over time - girls
47 total births recorded since 2014 (Xi as girls' name)
Xi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Xi's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Xi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (69% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Xi 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.