Xan

Where Xan comes from

The dictionaries list Xan as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Alexander — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1971
    Debut at its peak, #4,375
    #4,375 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1993
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Alexandra.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Xan hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.