Xan
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #7,435 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 51.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 132since 1971
Xan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
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| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
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| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
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| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
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| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Xan! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Xan is popular in 1965
No state had 5 or more boys named Xan in 1965, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Xan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1971 at #4,375 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 188,674 boys born in 2007 were named Xan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,375 in 1971, was only 1 in 294,741 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 52.3% of all boys named Xan (69) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1992, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,375 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 21 | #5,771 (1993) | #7,655 |
| 2000s | 69 | #6,316 (2000) | #8,998 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,789 (2013) | #10,985 |
| 2020s | 12 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,842 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Xan in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 46,452 of them was named Xan, which outranked 75.4% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,829Twanna39
- #1,829Vanda39
- #1,829Vanita39
- #1,854Xan38
- #1,854Astrid38
- #1,854Candis38
- #1,854Chanel38
- #1,887Adelaida37
- #1,887Alida37
- #1,887Arline37
Tied with 32 names at #1,854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.