Xyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #760 for girls
Xyla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 760th for girls in the US (356 babies).
Where does Xyla come from?
Modern: modern coinage, often linked to Greek xylon 'wood'
More on Wiktionary.
Is Xyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Xyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 356 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xyla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Xyla, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Xyla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Xyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Xyla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Xyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #760among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 356about 1 in 4,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 161% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 356 girls in the US were named Xyla, making it the 760th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most girls named Xyla of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Xyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 831 girls in the US were given Xyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #398, up from #760 for this spelling alone.
Xyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 356 | #760 |
| 2024 | 338 | #818 |
| 2023 | 277 | #948 |
| 2022 | 270 | #981 |
| 2021 | 240 | #1,051 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,789 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,664 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Xyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Kehlani Layla Kalani Alani Pippa Koa Poppy Nala Myla Ayra Ayla
Other spellings of Xyla
Names related to Xyla
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Xyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xyla, updated 20 October 2026.