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How popular is the name Xanthe?
Births per year, rank history and how many Xanthes are alive today.
Xanthe (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 983rd in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2010, when 70 babies were given the name, the 567th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2018, with 61 babies given the name that year. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Xanthe you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Xanthes born in England and Wales are between 8 and 21, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Xanthe - on average, only one in every 243 such rooms contains a Xanthe.
How many babies are named Xanthe each year?
Where does Xanthe rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Xanthe most popular?
Xanthe peaked in 2010, when 70 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Xanthe?
At least 1,300 people named Xanthe born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Xanthe?
Most living Xanthes are between 8 and 21; the most common age is about 15.
Is Xanthe becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.