Xara

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Xara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Xara: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,617 in 2001, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1617highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#1979
1999	#1970
2000	#2167
2001	#1617
2002	#2868
2003	#2191
2004	#4598
2005	#3382
2006	#2781
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2014	#5691
2015	#3252
2017	#4063
2019	#5591
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #1979 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1617 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Xara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Xara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	2 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	55	9 of 10	6
2010s	33	7 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Xara appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1617 in England and Wales in 2001.

Xara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,617, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Breeze · #1617, 22y
Harini · #1617, 24y
Kubra · #1617, 22y
Zayed · #1617, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Breeze · #1617, 22y
Delaney · #1617, 29y
Kubra · #1617, 22y
Llio · #1617, 25y

Xara and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Xara without appearing here.

Xara moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.
Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #5785.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #4838.
Helene Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #4103.

Moved ahead of Xara

Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1535.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4063 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.

Moved the opposite way to Xara

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Xara

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xara went from #1979 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1617 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Xara

Xara at a glance

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Popularity journey

Xara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Xara at a glance

Xara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Xara and the names beside it

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