Xen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZEN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Xen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
Where does Xen come from?
Modern: modern short name, perhaps from Greek xenos 'stranger' or from Zen
Is Xen a girl's or a boy's name?
Xen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 157% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Xen, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Xen in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 204 boys in the US were given Xen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #979, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
- Zen 185
- Xen 14
- Zenn 5
Xen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Xen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Yug Kairo Kaizen Chozen Zuko Ryu Mikko Loki Kota Rumi Takai
Other spellings of Xen
Names related to Xen
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, “Xen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xen, updated 20 October 2026.