Girls' name · since 1999
Xyla
2,346 babies named Xyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,346
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
2,346 babies have been named Xyla since 1999, making it today's #763 girls' name.
Xyla has 2,346 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #763 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #4,223 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #763 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,346 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xyla ranks #4,223 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #763 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,346 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,346
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xyla's 2,346 recorded births place it above 94.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Xyla compares
2,346 Top 21% higher than 79% of 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
Xyla's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,346 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 356 | 21 | 19,840 |
Xyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Xyla's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 92% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 8%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 356, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Xyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 356
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Xyla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,637 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Xyla's strongest decade.
1,637 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Xyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 103
2000s
103 births
- 2010s 601
2010s
601 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,637 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,637 births (70% of all-time use).
How Xyla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Xyla's total volume
Xyla by state
Where Xyla concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 293 | 12.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 237 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 136 | 5.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 110 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 94 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 82 | 3.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 70 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 55 | 2.3% |
293 of 2,346 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Xyla appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Xylas (293 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Xyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Xyla 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.