Xana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAH-nuh
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Xana is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Xana mean?
Asturian or Portuguese; in Portuguese a pet form of Alexandra
In the folklore of Asturias in northern Spain, xanas are beautiful water fairies said to live in fountains and rivers.
Is Xana a girl's or a boy's name?
Xana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Xana, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Xana of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Xana in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Xana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena, Xena, Solana, Alora, Xiomara, Luna, Xaria, Ezra, Amora, Esme, Xara, Xyla
Names related to Xana
Sources
Figures from 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, “Xana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xana, updated 20 October 2026.