Xena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,261 for girls
Xena is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “guest, stranger”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 1,261st for girls in the US (177 babies).
What does Xena mean?
Greek: from Greek xenos
“guest, stranger”
From Greek xenos, 'guest' or 'stranger'; it is best known from the 1990s television series Xena: Warrior Princess.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Xena a girl's or a boy's name?
Xena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 177 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Xena, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 33 girls.
2025 had more girls named Xena than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Xena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were given Xena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #934, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Xena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 31 | #803 |
| 1998 | 33 | #775 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Xena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,261among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 177about 1 in 9,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were named Xena, making it the 1,261st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,126th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 279 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Xena than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Xena in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 216 girls in the US were given Xena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,011, up from #1,261 for this spelling alone.
Xena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | #1,261 |
| 2024 | 180 | #1,284 |
| 2023 | 235 | #1,062 |
| 2022 | 251 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 191 | #1,229 |
| 2020 | 214 | #1,126 |
| 2019 | 193 | #1,209 |
| 2018 | 174 | #1,310 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,441 |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,857 |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,060 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,610 |
| 1998 | 173 | #1,111 |
| 1997 | 275 | #765 |
| 1996 | 279 | #757 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,895 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Xena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Pippa Dua Esme Ariana Alora Aria Luna Lyra Zofia Ava Amara Sophia
Other spellings of Xena
Names related to Xena
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Xena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xena, updated 20 October 2026.