Xavier

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #108 for boys in 2025, 3,232 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2007 · 6,561 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
160,332
since 1886

Xavier over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #68, 2007boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#1083,232
2024#13,4776#1023,354
2023#1053,435
2022#1003,618
2021#9,56210#1003,741
2020#12,1427#913,902
2019#15,5395#904,194
2018#15,6825#884,345
2017#894,521
2016#12,8767#884,625
2015#16,4195#904,667
2014#8,96612#884,789
2013#9,61211#834,997
2012#11,2579#805,386
2011#765,450
2010#13,4487#715,765
2009#7,67916#686,227
2008#9,47612#716,290
2007#7,73316#686,561
2006#7,14217#786,184
2005#7,89114#874,879
2004#5,74421#885,016
2003#5,23523#855,066
2002#7,04515#884,648
2001#5,00923#943,979
2000#8,02712#1033,640
1999#6,19116#1133,190
1998#4,23826#1312,931
1997#3,71630#1412,590
1996#4,73921#1412,507
1995#4,51822#1482,396
1994#3,89227#1392,527
1993#3,58530#1412,447
1992#4,52822#1472,243
1991#3,20734#1761,812
1990#3,62329#1861,647
1989#3,89325#2101,356
1988#3,09532#2131,231
1987#3,52425#241970
1986#4,72416#281746
1985#5,07714#321625
1984#3,61322#347534
1983#3,80620#363481
1982#4,34717#398422
1981#3,73921#445345
1980#6,7899#464331
1979#7,3138#505273
1978#4,24216#437333
1977#4,42515#425345
1976#4,61413#461289
1975#4,37014#455308
1974#3,86316#461299
1973#4,15514#475275
1972#5,10910#492255
1971#4,31113#486271
1970#546221
1969#6,6176#521225
1968#6,2466#524210
1967#552182
1966#525211
1965#619153
1964#6,7675#594177
1963#5,2967#585182
1962#616157
1961#595176
1960#6,3905#699126
1959#667131
1958#82882
1957#689123
1956#86575
1955#693112
1954#706106
1953#707101
1952#76684
1951#79179
1950#86563
1949#85664
1948#87960
1947#1,01450
1946#1,09440
1945#1,10335
1944#1,08537
1943#1,30828
1942#1,13936
1941#1,44622
1940#1,39723
1939#1,71216
1938#1,52120
1937#1,82815
1936#1,46321
1935#1,92914
1934#1,78316
1933#1,90514
1932#1,65119
1931#1,58920
1930#1,82117
1929#1,61121
1928#1,56923
1927#2,19314
1926#2,07415
1925#1,93517
1924#3,0239
1923#2,02016
1922#1,82719
1921#2,15215
1920#4,2865
1919#2,38512
1918#1,90517
1917#1,64320
1916#1,26528
1915#1,87815
1914#2,6517
1913#2,4966
1912#2,2696
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,2006
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891
1890#7398
1889
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Xavier! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Xavier
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#102#108)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#91#108)
  • 18 spots since 2015 (#90#108)
  • Biggest jump: 176 spots in 1957 (#865#689)
  • Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1956 (#693#865)
Rise & fade · boys
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2007 at #68 (6,561 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 2001–2022
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1948–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 316
  • Highest: 1 in 316 boys born in 2007 were named Xavier (0.32%)
  • Latest: 1 in 528 boys born in 2025 (0.19%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 32.7% of all boys named Xavier (52,490) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s23#739 (1890)#993
1900s6#1,200 (1907)#1,200
1910s111#1,265 (1916)#2,062
1920s154#1,569 (1928)#2,269
1930s172#1,463 (1936)#1,720
1940s395#856 (1949)#1,132
1950s956#667 (1959)#758
1960s1,799#521 (1969)#583
1970s2,869#425 (1977)#474
1980s7,041#210 (1989)#328
1990s24,290#113 (1999)#146
2000s52,490#68 (2007)#83
2010s48,739#71 (2010)#84
2020s21,282#91 (2020)#101

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Xavier in 1992

girls
#4,528
22 births · 1 in 83,815 girls
boys
#147
2,243 births · 1 in 891 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #4,528Xavier22

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #147Xavier2,243
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 83,815 of them was named Xavier, which outranked 71.0% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xavier
  1. #4,382Wynonna23
  2. #4,382Yaneth23
  3. #4,382Zully23
  4. #4,528Xavier22
  5. #4,528Adriann22
  6. #4,528Ajah22
  7. #4,528Alethia22
  8. #4,686Aaren21
  9. #4,686Abra21
  10. #4,686Aleia21

Tied with 157 names at #4,528; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 2,282Darian#2,989#707
  2. 1,958Payton#2,660#702
  3. 1,450Peyton#2,034#584
  4. 1,115Chandler#1,656#541
  5. 1,080Brianda#1,857#777
Fallers
  1. 855Rebeccah#1,000#1,855
  2. 725Ieshia#717#1,442
  3. 502Miesha#997#1,499
  4. 470Unknown#794#1,264
  5. 356Phylicia#928#1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 891 of them was named Xavier, which outranked 98.5% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xavier
  1. #144Omar2,306
  2. #145Brendan2,299
  3. #146Troy2,288
  4. #147Xavier2,243
  5. #148Edgar2,207
  6. #149Mason2,199
  7. #150Dennis2,165
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 6,348Dalvin#7,271#923
  2. 3,435Jalen#3,813#378
  3. 2,026Davante#2,828#802
  4. 1,555Davonta#2,469#914
  5. 1,383Juwan#2,344#961
Fallers
  1. 2,632Unnamed#972#3,604
  2. 450Octavius#945#1,395
  3. 398Male#679#1,077
  4. 394Khiry#915#1,309
  5. 379Dijon#915#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992