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Xan

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of John

Xan has been given to 255 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.

Babies named Xan, 2023

1 in 552,000

Xan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Xan over time

In 2023, Xan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19652023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Xan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of John

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Xan means

Xan is a form of John.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Xan is used in Galician.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Xan → John. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”, recorded in the naming reference for John.

Origin, language, and formation

Xan is used in English and Galician.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include John, Alexander and Alexandra.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Galician, Xan is pronounced /ˈʃaŋ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 132 boys were recorded with the name Xan between 1971 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2007; its best national rank was #4,897 in 1971.

In the United States, 123 girls were recorded with the name Xan between 1965 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 38 in 1965; its best national rank was #1,886 in 1965.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Xan?

Xan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 552,000
6 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
382,940 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Xan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Xan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Xans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Xan was born before 2005 — so the typical Xan is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
52.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
132
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 52.3% of all recorded uses (69).

Is Xan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2007 (11)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,897
1971

Where Xan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Xan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,829,369 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Xan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Xan around the world

Where Xan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    1982–2025
    #1,779
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2004–2004
    #2,269
    in 2004
  • South Australia
    1982–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Xan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,897
1971
Peak year
2007
11 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
132
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,886
1965
Peak year
1965
38 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
1973
All-time count
123
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Xan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Xan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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