Xela
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Meaning
the Galician short form of Ánxela, angel; informal and used as a full name
How popular is Xela around the world?
In the United States, Xela is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025. In Spain, 307 residents are named Xela, ranked 3,252nd among women, with a mean age of 11.5 years.
Xela is on the official records of the United States and Spain.
United States
on record
In the United States, Xela is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Xela has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Spain
1 in 150,000
In Spain, 307 residents are named Xela, ranked 3,252nd among women, with a mean age of 11.5 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
England and Wales
last on record 2022
Xela is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
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