girls:
65 births since 1984
#5651 (1st percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1994
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
71 births since 1984
#7668 (1st percentile)
The name Xiao 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 1984. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,651 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 65 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1994.
Xiao first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Xiao is available in 11 out of the 23 years between 1984 and 2006 (10 years for girls and 1 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 Xiao has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Xiao reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #861) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
For boys, Xiao reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #775) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Xiao".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Xiao. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.9% confident that Xiao is pronounced as show, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zhow, at 17.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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