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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

girls
#4,739
21 births · 1 in 83,477 girls
boys
#141
2,507 births · 1 in 756 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #4,739Xavier21

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #141Xavier2,507
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 83,477 of them was named Xavier, which outranked 70.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xavier
  1. #4,583Yuka22
  2. #4,583Zayra22
  3. #4,583Zully22
  4. #4,739Xavier21
  5. #4,739Adrienna21
  6. #4,739Ahna21
  7. #4,739Akila21
  8. #4,883Allexis20
  9. #4,883Allisyn20
  10. #4,883Ambrielle20

Tied with 143 names at #4,739; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 756 of them was named Xavier, which outranked 98.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xavier
  1. #138Johnathan2,564
  2. #139Henry2,556
  3. #140Omar2,518
  4. #141Xavier2,507
  5. #142Casey2,464
  6. #143Alan2,447
  7. #144Cory2,446
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996