girls:
618 births since 2004
#5098 (11th percentile)
boys:
58 births since 2018
#4528 (1st percentile)
overall:
676 births since 2004
#7063 (9th percentile)
The name Xolani is the #7,063 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 676 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 8.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,098 (10.8% percentile) for all time with 618 births since 2004. For boys, it ranks #4,528 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 58 births since 2018.
Xolani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (2004 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Xolani is available in 16 out of the 20 years between 2004 and 2023 (16 years for girls and 6 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 Xolani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 94.1% of babies named Xolani were girls.
For girls, Xolani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 18.1% percentile (ranked #776) with 101 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 101 births per million (ranked 18.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Xolani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #776 (18.1% percentile) with 101 births per million.
For boys, Xolani reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #908) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Xolani ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 82.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Xolani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Xolani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.9% confident that Xolani is pronounced as zoh-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is koh-LAH-nee, at 23.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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