Xeno

#9,663 in 2025Boys' name

Feminine form of Xenon

Xeno has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 2017. In 2025 it ranked #9,663 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Xeno, 2025

1 in 414,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Xeno: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Xenon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Xeno means

Xeno is a feminine form of Xenon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Xenon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 77 boys were recorded with the name Xeno between 2017 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2023; its best national rank was #6,196 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,953 in 2020 to #9,663 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Xeno?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,663; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Xeno 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 2025 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Xeno. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Xenos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Xeno was born before 2022 — so the typical Xeno is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 71.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 77; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 71.4% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Xeno 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: −1,388; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +4,290; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 53.3%; Peak was 2023 (15)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,196; 2023

Spellings of Xeno

Xeno is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 34.4% against Xeno's 0.01%.

Leo34.4%259,988
Gene16.8%126,877
Ben11.3%85,349
Kent9.2%69,322
Rene6.7%50,940
Enzo4.6%34,952
Ken4.4%33,013
Gino1.7%13,145

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.

Xeno by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,663
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 4,290
Best rank ever: #6,196; 2023
Peak year: 2023; 15 that year
First recorded: 2017
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 77
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Xeno

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

Xen Xeng Neno Akeno Eno Keno Leno Breno Xenos Jeno Beno Zeno Deno Xenon Eleno Geno Reno Keeno Xenophon Moreno Filomeno Cedeno Arseno Deleno

Sibling names for Xeno

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

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Leonor Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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