Xi
Masculine
Xi is given to both — 52 boys and 47 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Xi entered the US charts in 2017, peaked at #7643 in 2019, ranks #8910 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Xi?
Xi first appears in US birth records in 2017 — 8 years ago. The typical Xi is a kid of about 3 — this name's wave is very recent. Fewer than a hundred people named Xi are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Xi most popular?
Xi peaked in 2019, reaching #7643 nationally. Today it ranks #8910, 1,267 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2017
- Most boys named
- 201910 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #7643reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +14.3%8 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Xis among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Xi are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
About 1 boy in 213,510 born in 2025 was named Xi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jayion test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Xi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jayion climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jayion's path sketches the road Xi is walking now.
Xi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Xi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Xi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Masculine · #8910 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Xis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Xi are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Xi in 2025?
- Xi ranks #8910 among US boy names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Xi?
- About 1 in every 213,510 US boys born in 2025 was named Xi — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Xi with classmates?
- Xi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Xi
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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