Xan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAN
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Xan is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Xan mean?
Greek: short form of Alexander, via Xander
“defender of men”
A short form of Alexander, taken from its final syllables as in Xander.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Xan a girl's or a boy's name?
Xan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Xan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Xan than any year since 2011.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Xan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Xan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Xan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Xan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yug, Minh, Tai, Yoan, Shko, Loki, Yusuf, Logan, Dylan, Ethan, Xander, Finn
Names related to Xan
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Xan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xan, updated 20 October 2026.