Xande

Boys' name

To repel, through Alexandre

Xande has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2002. 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 2002, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Xande, 2002

1 in 747,000

Xande over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Xande: meaning, origin, and history

To repel, through Alexandre

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Xande means

Xande belongs to the name family reached through Xande → Alexandre → Alexandre → Ἀλέξανδρος. Its meaning is “to repel”.

Origin, language, and formation

Xande is used in Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alexandre and Ἀλέξανδρος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Xande is pronounced /ˈʃɐ̃.d͡ʒi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Xande between 2002 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2002; its best national rank was #12,427 in 2002.

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.

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How common is Xande?

Xande had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 747,000; 5 of 3,737,275 births
Among boys only: 1 in 388,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Xande 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 2002 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 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Xande. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Xandes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Xande was born before 2002 — so the typical Xande is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Xande 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: —; 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 2002 (5)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,427; 2002

Spellings of Xande

Xande is not the most common spelling — Randy is, with 27.5% against Xande's <0.01%.

Randy27.5%329,468
Andre10.9%130,656
Lance8.8%105,839
Andy7.8%94,185
Wade6.4%76,498
Zane4.7%56,664
Dante4.3%51,587
Lane4.0%47,562

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Xande 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: #12,427; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 5 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Xande

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

Xandri Xanti Xandros Conde Tunde Xanden Xannder Xandir Xaniel Xannon Chande Xandro Ronde Xanthus Xang Sande Xandar Demonde Xantiago Shande Cymande Xandyr Zende Azende

Sibling names for Xande

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

For a sister

Iyana Alize Lisbeth Vanesa Shakira Kaiya Shreya Anastacia

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Keyon Kelton Donavan Alexandre Jaylon Jaylin

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