Girls' name · since 2011

Xinyan

Xinyan has 31 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#40,738 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,426 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
31
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Xinyan is the #16426 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 31 recorded since 2011.

Social Security Administration records show Xinyan recorded 31 times among girls since 2011, holding rank #16426 nationally today, ahead of 5% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.

  • #40,738 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,426 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 31 born since 2011
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xinyan ranks #40,738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,426 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 31 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.

#40,738 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,426 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
31
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%5%
Xinyan vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Xinyan's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Xinyan compares

31 11th 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

Xinyan's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Xinyan Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 31 376 567,345
Peak-year births 6 21 19,840

Xinyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Xinyan splits its recorded history at 2015: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Xinyan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
6
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
4.555.566.5 201120122014201520202025 5

Xinyan by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 68% of the file).

2010s was Xinyan's strongest decade.

21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.

Xinyan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (68% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Xinyan?
Since 2011, Social Security records show 31 babies named Xinyan. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #40,738 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,426 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2015, with 6 births.
Where does Xinyan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xinyan ranks #40,738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,426 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Xinyan most popular?
Xinyan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Xinyan been used?
Xinyan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 15 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Xinyan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Xin, Xinyi, Xinyue, Xina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Xinyan's data

  • Xinyan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Xinyan

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Xinyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2011–2025 (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 Xinyan 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.