Girls' name · since 2016
Xiah
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 74 babies named Xiah, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,001 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Xiah is the #10001 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 74 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xiah has been recorded 74 times among girls since 2016, currently ranked #10001 nationally and more common than 42% of girls, 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 2016 to 2025.
- #30,571 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,001 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 74 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xiah ranks #30,571 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,001 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 74 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,001 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xiah's 74 recorded births place it above 57.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Xiah compares
74 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Xiah's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 74 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Xiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Xiah splits its recorded history at 2021: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2016 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Xiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Xiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Xiah's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Xiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Xiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Xiah 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.