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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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 2005

girls
#7,891
14 births · 1 in 131,989 girls
boys
#87
4,879 births · 1 in 409 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #7,891Xavier14

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #87Xavier4,879
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 131,989 of them was named Xavier, which outranked 58.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xavier
  1. #7,500Zina15
  2. #7,500Zita15
  3. #7,500Zoejane15
  4. #7,891Xavier14
  5. #7,891Aamani14
  6. #7,891Aamya14
  7. #7,891Abbigal14
  8. #8,330Aadya13
  9. #8,330Aahana13
  10. #8,330Aariyah13

Tied with 438 names at #7,891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 6,271Mikalah#7,077#806
  2. 2,724Yuridia#3,689#965
  3. 2,236Naima#3,127#891
  4. 1,924Karol#2,742#818
  5. 1,125Karma#1,972#847
Fallers
  1. 397Rhea#908#1,305
  2. 360Laisha#789#1,149
  3. 334Ashtyn#956#1,290
  4. 285Hunter#742#1,027
  5. 282Angeles#973#1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 409 of them was named Xavier, which outranked 99.3% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xavier
  1. #84Timothy5,034
  2. #85Dominic4,994
  3. #86Sebastian4,956
  4. #87Xavier4,879
  5. #88Jaden4,849
  6. #89Jesse4,746
  7. #90Devin4,715
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 3,722Talan#4,264#542
  2. 1,048Carmine#1,934#886
  3. 727Leland#1,335#608
  4. 528Amare#1,159#631
  5. 525Braylen#1,359#834
Fallers
  1. 817Madison#857#1,674
  2. 783Andon#865#1,648
  3. 406Kanye#486#892
  4. 379Jakobe#846#1,225
  5. 359Koda#930#1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005