Xaniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-NY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Xaniyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Xaniyah come from?
Modern: invented name from X- and Aniyah
Is Xaniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Xaniyah 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 Xaniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Xaniyah, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Xaniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xaniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Names like Xaniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zaliyah Kaliyah Aziyah Kamiyah Jaliyah Jaziyah Naziyah Aaliyah Sariyah Zamiyah Alaiyah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Xaniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xaniyah, updated 20 October 2026.