How Many People Are Named Xena?

3,483

people named Xena are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 98,129 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,513 babies named Xena in Social Security records from 1992 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,685

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,634

See the top 100

Peak Year

1996

279 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Popular Culture
Pronunciation: ZEE-nə (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Probably a variant of XENIA. This was the name of the main character in the 1990s television series 'Xena: Warrior Princess'.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Xena in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Xena alive today is about 13 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 26 in 2025.

Under 30 3,391
97.4%
30 to 59 91
2.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Xena first appears in the records in 1992 and was given most often in 1996, to 279 babies. In 2025, 177 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1992 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Xena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #758, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #1,270.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,270
Best rank#758 (1996)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,163 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Xena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Xena were born in California than in any other state: about 519 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Xena was given 1.9 times as often in Arizona, 1.8 times in California and 1.7 times in Texas.

California 519
Texas 399
New York 218
Florida 189
Pennsylvania 91
Arizona 85
Georgia 65
Illinois 59
Ohio 55
North Carolina 55
Virginia 50
Michigan 50
Tennessee 50
Missouri 38
New Jersey 37
Indiana 28
Maryland 22
Washington 21
Massachusetts 19
Colorado 19
Wisconsin 17
Nevada 15
Kentucky 12
Minnesota 7
Oregon 5
Connecticut 5
Alabama 5

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