Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been part of Cyrus the Younger's attempt to seize control of the Achaemenid Empire.
- Ancient Greek
Meaning & Origin of Xenophon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Xenophon of Athens was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been part of Cyrus the Younger's attempt to seize control of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Greek
The Story of Xenophon
Xenophon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1927, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 5 births, good for #4,210 nationwide. About 33% of every Xenophon on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Xenophon last appeared in the published SSA data in 1974, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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- Xenophanes
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- Xylophon
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- Hanafin
- Zonation
- Zutphen
- Zinnemann
- Zinman
- Xanthan
- Xylophone
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About the name Xenophon
Xenophon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1927 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Xenophon's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #4,210. Use the chart and map above to compare Xenophon'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 .
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