COMPILED FROM THE FEDERAL REGISTERS, 1880 TO THE PRESENT
American first names, tracked to the federal reporting line.

THE RETURNED — LETTER X

26 names under X. Gone ten consecutive years or more, then reported again.

NameSexLongest absenceReturned2025 birthsPeak
XaiaF2003–2014 (12 yrs)201502023 · 11
XaileyF2009–2020 (12 yrs)202102008 · 5
XairaF2008–2021 (14 yrs)202262007 · 6
XalenM2012–2024 (13 yrs)202562007 · 8
XamaraF2009–2018 (10 yrs)2019162025 · 16
XanM1972–1992 (21 yrs)199302007 · 11
XandenM2007–2018 (12 yrs)201902006 · 5
XandraF1949–1964 (16 yrs)196502004 · 33
XandriaF1956–1978 (23 yrs)197982003 · 50
XaveriaF1976–2002 (27 yrs)200301975 · 8
XavielM1995–2007 (13 yrs)2008122025 · 12
XenF2004–2021 (18 yrs)202202022 · 7
XenM2006–2016 (11 yrs)2017142022 · 28
XeniaF1898–1911 (14 yrs)1912582023 · 76
XennaF2006–2021 (16 yrs)202201998 · 6
XenophonM1932–1973 (42 yrs)197401927 · 5
XerxesM1976–1985 (10 yrs)1986172018 · 21
XinaF1967–1995 (29 yrs)199602021 · 9
XiyahF2010–2023 (14 yrs)2024102025 · 10
XoaquinM2008–2024 (17 yrs)202562007 · 6
XuM1989–2024 (36 yrs)202551988 · 5
XuanM1996–2015 (20 yrs)201602016 · 8
XyaF2001–2012 (12 yrs)2013342025 · 34
XyannaF2009–2021 (13 yrs)202202007 · 5
XylonM1990–1999 (10 yrs)2000152023 · 25
XzaviaF2012–2022 (11 yrs)202302000 · 15

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national names file (1880–2025). Names below 5 occurrences in a year are not reported.

Somewhere, a grandmother is unsurprised.

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