girl's name

Xanthia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 56

Xanthia is a girl's name. In 2011 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2003, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1981.

Xanthia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

14
'80 '90 '00 '10
Show the numbers
Births named Xanthia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 7
1990s 11
2000s 14
2010s (to 2011) 5

How popular is Xanthia?

In 2011, Xanthia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Xanthia is used

England & Wales #5,891 4 in 2025
United States #19,489 5 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Xanthia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Xanthia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Xanthia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Xanthia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Xanthia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Xanthia

How popular is the name Xanthia?

In 2011, Xanthia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Xanthia a girl's or a boy's name?

Xanthia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Xanthia most popular?

Xanthia peaked in 2003, when 8 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Xanthia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Xanthia currently ranks #5,891 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.