Xenia

Gender: Girl
Say it: ZEN-ee-a
Origin: Greek
UK rank, 2025: #1,868 for girls
US rank, 2025: #2,895 for girls

Xenia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “hospitality”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).

What does Xenia mean?

Greek

“hospitality”

Greek for hospitality, the sacred guest-friendship of ancient Greece; Saint Xenia of St Petersburg is widely revered in Russia.

Is Xenia a girl's or a boy's name?

Xenia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Xenia in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 1,868th among girls
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady up 22% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Xenia, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 girls.

Half of all the girls named Xenia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Xenia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.

Xenia 16
Ksenia 4

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 18 in 20232025

Xenia in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	16	#1,868
2024	10	#2,644
2023	18	#1,728
2022	14	#2,052
2021	17	#1,794
2020	14	#2,046
2019	12	#2,275
2018	10	#2,631
2017	8	#3,102
2016	13	#2,224
2015	15	#1,988
2014	3	#5,920
2013	10	#2,599
2012	6	#3,881
2011	6	#3,737
2010	9	#2,741
2009	12	#2,153
2008	11	#2,286
2007	10	#2,354
2006	7	#2,940
2005	12	#1,912
2004	17	#1,399
2003	7	#2,574
2002	6	#2,691
2001	11	#1,723
2000	10	#1,792
1999	9	#1,921
1998	12	#1,585
1997	16	#1,278
1996	14	#1,381

How popular is Xenia in the US?

Rank in 2025: 2,895th among girls
Babies in 2025: 58 about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady up 3% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Xenia, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,966th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.

Half of all the girls named Xenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 76 girls in the US were given Xenia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,038, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.

Xenia 58
Ksenia 18

1894Busiest: 76 in 20232025

Xenia in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	58	#2,895
2024	47	#3,335
2023	76	#2,379
2022	75	#2,425
2021	53	#3,069
2020	54	#2,966
2019	67	#2,593
2018	54	#3,003
2017	53	#3,053
2016	54	#3,060
2015	61	#2,846
2014	35	#4,176
2013	57	#2,935
2012	53	#3,133
2011	74	#2,453
2010	47	#3,408
2009	45	#3,560
2008	44	#3,644
2007	45	#3,600
2006	59	#2,915
2005	50	#3,122
2004	57	#2,804
2003	42	#3,408
2002	51	#2,884
2001	39	#3,413
2000	49	#2,899
1999	52	#2,672
1998	60	#2,335
1997	68	#2,067
1996	71	#1,978
1995	62	#2,150
1994	68	#2,042
1993	43	#2,763
1992	54	#2,381
1991	62	#2,130
1990	68	#1,984
1989	64	#1,976
1988	64	#1,907
1987	54	#2,043
1986	34	#2,778
1985	39	#2,483
1984	28	#3,068
1983	15	#4,685
1982	26	#3,259
1981	22	#3,624
1980	23	#3,506
1979	21	#3,667
1978	33	#2,572
1977	24	#3,175
1976	17	#3,811
1975	18	#3,636
1974	25	#2,835
1973	12	#4,585
1972	15	#3,894
1971	15	#3,941
1970	16	#3,711
1969	10	#4,722
1968	16	#3,314
1967	6	#6,041
1966	13	#3,557
1965	7	#5,288
1964	11	#4,095
1963	5	#6,591
1962	11	#4,010
1961	7	#5,308
1960	8	#4,772
1959	11	#3,826
1958	0	–
1957	0	–
1956	8	#4,466
1955	7	#4,739
1954	5	#5,751
1953	0	–
1952	11	#3,371
1951	0	–
1950	9	#3,660
1949	6	#4,672
1948	6	#4,649
1947	6	#4,762
1946	6	#4,416
1945	5	#4,554
1944	0	–
1943	0	–
1942	0	–
1941	5	#4,418
1940	0	–
1939	5	#4,248
1938	0	–
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	5	#4,202
1934	7	#3,447
1933	5	#4,216
1932	6	#3,899
1931	5	#4,329
1930	13	#2,424
1929	11	#2,736
1928	7	#3,741
1927	6	#4,284
1926	5	#4,849
1925	5	#4,971
1924	0	–
1923	9	#3,349
1922	0	–
1921	7	#4,021
1920	5	#4,973
1919	10	#3,003
1918	9	#3,243
1917	12	#2,551
1916	10	#2,832
1915	8	#3,133
1914	8	#2,637
1913	5	#3,185
1912	7	#2,359
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	5	#1,554
1896	0	–
1895	5	#1,592
1894	6	#1,352

Names like Xenia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sophia, Aria, Athena, Lucia, Anastasia, Elena, Alessia, Lara, Mia, Ariana, Talia, Selena

Other spellings of Xenia

Ksenia

Names related to Xenia

Xena, Xienna

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

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, “Xenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xenia, updated 20 October 2026.