Xena

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Xena: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #717, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#717highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#897
1998	#717
1999	#752
2000	#833
2001	#1238
2002	#1372
2003	#2191
2004	#1952
2005	#1690
2006	#2781
2007	#5201
2008	#3005
2009	#2759
2010	#3156
2011	#3185
2012	#2338
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#2705
2016	#2367
2017	#1995
2018	#1788
2019	#1703
2020	#2615
2021	#1569
2022	#1767
2023	#1959
2024	#2771

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #717 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Xena 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 Xena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	94	4 of 10	24
2000s	113	10 of 10	11
2010s	104	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	67	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Xena 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #717 in England and Wales in 1998.

Xena'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#833	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#752	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#717	33	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #717, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

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.

Faizah · #717, 29y
Falak · #717, 29y
Maariya · #717, 29y
Beck · #716, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Faizah · #717, 29y
Falak · #717, 29y
Maariya · #717, 29y
Montana · #717, 30y

Xena was ranked #717 in England and Wales · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Xena 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 Xena without appearing here.

Xena moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Xena

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1372 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #799.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1703 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1313.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1541.

Moved the opposite way to Xena

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #897 to #2771 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #897 to #2771 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #752 to #2771 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #752 to #2771 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Xena

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #717 to #1959 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #833 to #2771 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #1372 to #2771 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Martine Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Xena went from #2096 to #3185 and Martine from #2350 to #4764.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #717 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Xena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Xena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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