Xaira
Xaira is an XML Aware Indexing and Retrieval Architecture developed at Oxford University, it was funded by the Mellon Foundation between 2005 and 2006. It is based on SARA, an SGML-aware text-searching system originally developed for searching the British National Corpus.
Meaning & Origin of Xaira
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Xaira is an XML Aware Indexing and Retrieval Architecture developed at Oxford University, it was funded by the Mellon Foundation between 2005 and 2006. It is based on SARA, an SGML-aware text-searching system originally developed for searching the British National Corpus.
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The Story of Xaira
The earliest SSA record of Xaira as a baby girl name dates back to 2007, when 6 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Xaira — #15,491 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Xaira on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Xaira last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Xaira
Xaira is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Xaira's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #15,491. Use the chart and map above to compare Xaira's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.