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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #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
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1907—#1,2006
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1897—#1,0575
1896—#1,1015
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1890—#7398
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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.

Where Xavier is popular in 1925

No state had 5 or more boys named Xavier in 1925, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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 1925

boys
#1,935
17 births · 1 in 65,642 boys

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #1,935Xavier17
More about 1925

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 65,642 of them was named Xavier, which outranked 60.2% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xavier
  1. #1,870Walden18
  2. #1,870Young18
  3. #1,870Yutaka18
  4. #1,935Xavier17
  5. #1,935Aden17
  6. #1,935Alphonzo17
  7. #1,935Berl17
  8. #2,012Ardis16
  9. #2,012Bartlett16
  10. #2,012Bentley16

Tied with 76 names at #1,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →