Girls' name · since 2007
Xylah
543 babies named Xylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,604 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 543
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xylah currently ranks #2604 among girls' names in America, with 543 babies recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xylah has been recorded 543 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #2604 nationally and more common than 85% 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 2007 to 2025.
- #11,274 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,604 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 543 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xylah ranks #11,274 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,604 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 543 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,604 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 543
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xylah's 543 recorded births place it above 84.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Xylah compares
543 Top 43% higher than 57% 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
Xylah's all-time total is 44% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 543 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 96 | 21 | 19,840 |
Xylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Xylah splits its recorded history at 2017: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 96 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Xylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 96
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Xylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (375 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Xylah's strongest decade.
375 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Xylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
153 births
- 2020s
2020s
375 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 375 births (69% of all-time use).
How Xylah 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 Xylah's total volume
Xylah by state
Where Xylah concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 54 | 9.9% |
| #2 | California | | 39 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.9% |
54 of 543 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Xylahs (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Xylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Xylah 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.