Xanthe
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAN-thee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,036 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Xanthe is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “yellow, fair-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 1,036th for girls in the UK (35 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Xanthe mean?
Greek: from xanthos
“yellow, fair-haired”
From Greek xanthos, yellow or golden-haired; it is borne by minor figures in Greek mythology.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Xanthe a girl's or a boy's name?
Xanthe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xanthe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,036th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were named Xanthe, making it the 1,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 925th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 72 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Xanthe than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Xanthe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 983rd in England and Wales.
Xanthe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #1,036 |
| 2024 | 51 | #795 |
| 2023 | 42 | #913 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 41 | #925 |
| 2019 | 48 | #839 |
| 2018 | 63 | #691 |
| 2017 | 55 | #784 |
| 2016 | 67 | #678 |
| 2015 | 55 | #771 |
| 2014 | 53 | #792 |
| 2013 | 50 | #816 |
| 2012 | 70 | #643 |
| 2011 | 51 | #785 |
| 2010 | 72 | #607 |
| 2009 | 56 | #716 |
| 2008 | 47 | #798 |
| 2007 | 58 | #662 |
| 2006 | 64 | #595 |
| 2005 | 67 | #547 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 27 | #895 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Xanthe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 girls in the US were named Xanthe, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had the most girls named Xanthe of any year since it first appeared, in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Xanthe in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xanthe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
Names like Xanthe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Phoebe, Esme, Maisie, Sophia, Daphne, Callie, Lara, Mia, Lyra, Jasmine, Hallie, Chloe
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Lainey, Elena
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, “Xanthe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xanthe, updated 20 October 2026.