Fun Facts About the Name Xiomara
- More than 12 thousand babies named Xiomara: U.S. records list 12,236 babies given the name Xiomara from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xiomara Mean?
Xiomara is a feminine name used mainly in Spanish-speaking countries, and it is usually explained as a form of the older Spanish and Portuguese name Guiomar. Guiomar is Germanic in origin, brought into Iberia with the Visigoths, and is generally reconstructed as a compound of wig, "battle, war," and mar, "famous, renowned" - giving the literal sense "famous in battle" or "renowned in war." Xiomara adds a feminine -a ending, and its Xi- opening reflects an older Spanish way of writing the name.
A separate origin is sometimes offered, deriving Xiomara from Greek and linking it to xenia, "hospitality," with the meaning "hospitable" or "welcoming." That explanation does not match the name's recorded Iberian forms and appears to be a later reinterpretation rather than the historical source.
Xiomara Name History & Origins
The parent name Guiomar belongs to the Germanic naming stock that the Visigoths carried into the Iberian Peninsula, where two-part names built from words for battle and renown were common. Guiomar is attested in medieval and early modern Portugal and Spain and remained in use in both countries.
The spelling Xiomara reflects older Spanish writing, in which the letter x represented a "sh"-like sound that later shifted to the modern j sound and to other spellings. Related forms such as Guiomara and Xiomar also appear. Through Spanish settlement of the Americas and later migration, the name spread across Latin America, where the Xi- spelling is now common.
How Popular is the Name Xiomara?
Xiomara recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2023. Its best rank was #402 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #463 | 665 | 0.0414% |
| 2024 | #432 | 714 | 0.0443% |
| 2023 | #402 | 764 | 0.0477% |
| 2022 | #493 | 639 | 0.0390% |
| 2021 | #555 | 552 | 0.0337% |
| 2020 | #609 | 478 | 0.0296% |
| 2019 | #652 | 448 | 0.0267% |
| 2018 | #727 | 392 | 0.0231% |
| 2017 | #855 | 320 | 0.0185% |
| 2016 | #1,025 | 259 | 0.0146% |
| 2015 | #1,145 | 222 | 0.0124% |
| 2014 | #1,246 | 195 | 0.0109% |
| 2013 | #1,384 | 168 | 0.0096% |
| 2012 | #1,166 | 211 | 0.0120% |
| 2011 | #1,053 | 235 | 0.0134% |
| 2010 | #985 | 258 | 0.0145% |
| 2009 | #910 | 298 | 0.0162% |
| 2008 | #810 | 356 | 0.0188% |
| 2007 | #839 | 341 | 0.0177% |
| 2006 | #810 | 340 | 0.0179% |
| 2005 | #771 | 344 | 0.0186% |
| 2004 | #834 | 296 | 0.0161% |
| 2003 | #1,168 | 186 | 0.0102% |
| 2002 | #1,030 | 211 | 0.0117% |
| 2001 | #1,245 | 160 | 0.0089% |
| 2000 | #1,097 | 188 | 0.0104% |
| 1999 | #1,184 | 165 | 0.0093% |
| 1998 | #1,437 | 120 | 0.0068% |
| 1997 | #1,174 | 157 | 0.0090% |
| 1996 | #1,222 | 145 | 0.0083% |
| 1995 | #1,044 | 173 | 0.0098% |
| 1994 | #1,031 | 180 | 0.0101% |
| 1993 | #1,156 | 154 | 0.0085% |
| 1992 | #1,246 | 140 | 0.0076% |
| 1991 | #1,188 | 147 | 0.0078% |
| 1990 | #1,203 | 142 | 0.0075% |
| 1989 | #1,314 | 120 | 0.0065% |
| 1988 | #1,425 | 98 | 0.0055% |
| 1987 | #1,410 | 95 | 0.0055% |
| 1986 | #1,404 | 92 | 0.0054% |
| 1985 | #1,349 | 98 | 0.0057% |
| 1984 | #1,413 | 83 | 0.0049% |
| 1983 | #1,446 | 81 | 0.0048% |
| 1982 | #1,524 | 79 | 0.0047% |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 73 | 0.0044% |
| 1980 | #1,676 | 69 | 0.0042% |
| 1979 | #1,768 | 62 | 0.0039% |
| 1978 | #1,728 | 61 | 0.0040% |
| 1977 | #1,636 | 65 | 0.0042% |
| 1976 | #1,863 | 50 | 0.0034% |
| 1975 | #2,358 | 35 | 0.0024% |
| 1974 | #2,833 | 26 | 0.0018% |
| 1973 | #3,231 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1972 | #2,395 | 31 | 0.0020% |
| 1971 | #2,734 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1970 | #2,704 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1969 | #2,913 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1968 | #4,485 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1967 | #3,335 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1966 | #4,486 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #4,201 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1964 | #2,750 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1963 | #3,457 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1962 | #2,812 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #3,511 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #4,028 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #4,187 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #5,745 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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