Boys' name · since 2017
Xylas
Xylas has 33 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,287 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,673 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Xylas is the #11673 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 33 recorded since 2017.
Xylas has 33 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11673 as of the latest data, more common than 16% of boys, 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 2017 to 2025.
- #25,287 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,673 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 33 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xylas ranks #25,287 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,673 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 33 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,287 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,673 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xylas'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.
How Xylas compares
33 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Xylas's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xylas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 33 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Xylas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xylas's full recorded timeline at 2024, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Xylas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Xylas by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 82% of the file).
2020s was Xylas's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Xylas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (82% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Xylas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Xylas 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.