NameTides

Xi

Xi was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).

Xi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Xi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Xi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#8,910 (8)——
2024#9,894 (7)——
2023#9,763 (7)——
2022#8,990 (8)——
2021#10,799 (6)——
2019#7,643 (10)——
2017#10,775 (6)——
2015——#2,715 (5)
2010—#3,865 (4)—
2009—#4,527 (3)—
2008—#2,775 (6)—
2007—#2,741 (6)—

Xi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Xi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Xi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2024#11,122 (8)———
2023#15,194 (5)———
2022#12,243 (7)———
2021———#3,280 (5)
2019#13,799 (6)———
2018#15,682 (5)———
2017#15,902 (5)——#2,876 (6)
2016#16,215 (5)#3,609 (6)——
2015—#4,736 (4)——
2014#14,558 (6)———
2013—#4,739 (4)—#2,595 (7)
2012—#4,171 (5)——
2011—#5,785 (3)—#1,500 (15)
2010—#5,707 (3)——
2009—#4,564 (4)#893 (3)#2,599 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #7,643.
  • First recorded in the US in 2017.
  • In 2024, 53% of US babies named Xi were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Xi is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
XiCanadaGirls—too few
XiCanadaBoys—too few
XiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
XiEngland & WalesBoys—too few
XiIrelandGirls—too few
XiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
XiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
XiUSGirls—too few
XiUSBoys#8,9108