Unisex name · since 2018
Xylo
Xylo has 252 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,627 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,905 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xylo currently ranks #1905 among unisex names in America, with 252 babies recorded since 2018.
Xylo has 252 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1905 as of the latest data, more common than 86% 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 2018 to 2025.
- #11,627 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,905 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 252 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xylo ranks #11,627 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,905 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 252 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,627 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,905 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xylo's 252 recorded births place it above 74.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Xylo compares
252 42nd 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
Xylo's all-time total is 32% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xylo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 252 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 83 | 34 | 22,252 |
Xylo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xylo's full recorded timeline at 2022, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 10 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 83 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Xylo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Xylo popularity over time - girls
48 total births recorded since 2021 (Xylo as girls' name)
Xylo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (241 births, 96% of the file).
2020s was Xylo's strongest decade.
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 96% of all-time use.
Xylo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
241 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 241 births (96% of all-time use).
Xylo by state
Where Xylo concentrates geographically, total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 14 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 6 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.0% |
22 of 252 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- California records the most Xylos (22 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Xylo: 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 (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Xylo 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.