Xylia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZY-lee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Xylia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “of the wood; forest dweller”. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Xylia mean?
Greek: modern name from Greek xylon 'wood'
“of the wood; forest dweller”
Is Xylia a girl's or a boy's name?
Xylia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xylia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Xylia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Xylia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 119% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Xylia, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Xylia of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Xylia in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were given Xylia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,513, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
- Xylia 42
- Xyliah 10
Xylia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
Names like Xylia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Sophia Dua Alessia Pippa Lucia Maeva Esme Lyra Alora Sienna Amara
Names related to Xylia
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, “Xylia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xylia, updated 20 October 2026.