Boys' name · since 2001
Xiang
Xiang has 33 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
33 boys have been named Xiang since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Xiang has 33 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2016.
- #25,286 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 33 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xiang ranks #25,286 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Xiang's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Xiang's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xiang's full recorded timeline at 2008, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Xiang popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2016
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Xiang by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 70% of the file).
2000s was Xiang's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Xiang births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Xiang's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Xiang: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2001–2016 (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 Xiang 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.