Fun Facts About the Name Xylia
- 563 babies named Xylia: U.S. records list 563 babies given the name Xylia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xylia Mean?
Xylia is a feminine name whose meaning is usually given as "wood," from the Greek noun xylon (ξύλον), meaning wood or timber. The first element, xyl-, is the same Greek root that appears in English words such as xylophone, and the -ia ending is a familiar feminine ending in English. The name is best understood as a modern English formation on a Greek root, not as a translation recorded by ancient writers. Greek is the language of origin; the name itself is used mainly in English-speaking countries. Some references gloss it more loosely as "woodland" or "from the woods," but that is an extended reading of the same root rather than a separate etymology.
Xylia Name History & Origins
Xylia belongs to a small group of English given names built from Greek vocabulary rather than inherited from older Germanic, Latin, or biblical stock. Names beginning with x are uncommon in English, and most of them - Xenia, Xanthe, Xerxes - come through Greek, where the letter is pronounced like an English z; Xylia follows that pattern in both sound and spelling. Its shape also fits the wider pattern of feminine names ending in -ia or -lia, such as Lilia, Natalia, and Talia, which made the form familiar to English speakers.
The same Greek root is used in scientific naming for Xylia, a genus of tropical timber trees in the legume family - a separate botanical application of the word for "wood" rather than the source of the given name.
How Popular is the Name Xylia?
Xylia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #3,641 in 2025.
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 | #3,641 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #3,744 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2023 | #4,184 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #4,576 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #4,711 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #6,066 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #7,002 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #7,085 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #7,080 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #7,965 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #5,121 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #3,776 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2013 | #6,715 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #5,881 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #6,838 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #6,891 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #9,945 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #8,093 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #8,503 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #11,379 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #7,126 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #7,381 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #10,403 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #12,156 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #17,886 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #13,113 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #14,060 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #13,678 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #13,476 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #11,753 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #8,787 | 10 | 0.0006% |
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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How the Name Xylia Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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