Recorded 2001–2016 Boys' name Peak 2003 33 births

Xiang — boys' name

33 babies named Xiang in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s232010s10
2000s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Xiang was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

7 babies were named Xiang in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Xiang

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Xiang between 2001 and 2016, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Xiang currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Xiang performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Xiang shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Xiang 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 33 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.

Xiang at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

33

Since 2001

16 years of records

Peak year

2003

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2001

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2016

Xiang popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2001

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2003)
7
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Xiang by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
23 births that decade — 70% of Xiang's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Xiang?
33 babies have been named Xiang since 2001. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2003 with 7 births.
When was Xiang most popular?
Xiang was most popular in the 2000s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Xiang been used?
Xiang has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 16 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Xiang?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Xian, Xiaire, Xiao, Xiaver. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2001–2016 (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.