girls:
34 births since 2014
#5682 (1st percentile)
boys:
37 births since 2017
#4549 (1st percentile)
overall:
71 births since 2014
#7668 (1st percentile)
The name Xi is the #7,668 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 71 recorded births since 2014. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,549 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 2017. For girls, it ranks #5,682 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 34 births since 2014.
Xi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2014 (2014 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Xi is available in 7 out of the 10 years between 2014 and 2023 (6 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Xi is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 58.3% of babies named Xi were boys. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for girls (72.7% girls from 2014 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (63.3% boys from 2019 to 2023).
For boys, Xi reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #912) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Xi ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 73.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Xi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #956) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Xi ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 73.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Xi".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Xi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.1% confident that Xi is pronounced as zee, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shee, at 35.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.
The raw pronunciations shown (like Z IY1) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.
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