Boys' name · since 1989
Xylon
246 babies named Xylon in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,777 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,986 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Xylon is the #5986 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 246 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xylon has been recorded 246 times among boys since 1989, currently ranked #5986 nationally and more common than 57% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #11,777 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,986 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 246 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xylon ranks #11,777 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,986 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 246 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,777 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,986 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Xylon's 246 recorded births place it above 74.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Xylon compares
246 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
Xylon's all-time total is 33% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xylon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 246 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Xylon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xylon's full recorded timeline at 2014, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Xylon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Xylon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Xylon's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Xylon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Xylon's data
- Xylon's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2020s (89) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Xylon: 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 (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Xylon 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.