Xerxes
Boy · Persian
Xerxes is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “ruler among kings”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Xerxes mean?
Persian
“ruler among kings”
A male given name from Old Persian mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Xerxes a girl's or a boy's name?
Xerxes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xerxes in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Xerxes, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Xerxes than any year since 2006.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Xerxes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Xerxes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Xerxes, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Xerxes in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xerxes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
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