Meaning not yet researched.
Xavier: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,232 in 2025. Its best rank was #68 in 2009.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #68 in 2009; #108 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Xavier in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#108 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2009, at #68.
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Xavier: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,232 boys in 2025. Peak: #68 in 2009 · most boys in one year: 6,561 (2007).
In 2025, 3,232 US boys were named Xavier, making it the 108th most common boys’ name of the year, down 6 places from #102 in 2024. That is 122 fewer than the 3,354 boys named Xavier in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #68, reached in 2009. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,561, in 2007. For comparison, it was #90 in 2015 and #871 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Xavier in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1886 with 5 babies. In all, 161,200 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 52,659 babies named Xavier.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 38,967 US boys were named Xavier; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,625. In 2025 that was about 1 in 528 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Xavier ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #43 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 13 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Javier (108,463 babies since 1880), Xzavier (8,424 babies since 1880), Xavi (2,492 babies since 1880) and Xavior (1,357 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Saverio, Xaviar and Xzavior are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Saverio (1,861), Xaviar (631), Xzavior (465), Xzayvier (351), Xavyer (185), Xaivier (148), Xayvier (110), Xzaviar (95), Xsavier (74), Xabier (56), Xsavior (49), Xaver (49), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Xavier in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 34 | #43 | #32 |
| California | 566 | #61 | #79 |
| Arizona | 115 | #61 | #52 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | #73 | #67 |
| Nevada | 40 | #75 | #65 |
| Alaska | 10 | #84 | #196 |
| Missouri | 73 | #87 | #104 |
| Indiana | 86 | #89 | #75 |
| Maryland | 60 | #96 | #80 |
| Ohio | 127 | #99 | #74 |
| Florida | 225 | #100 | #80 |
| Louisiana | 50 | #100 | #115 |
| Kansas | 37 | #100 | #89 |
| Arkansas | 33 | #103 | #107 |
| Texas | 378 | #107 | #99 |
| West Virginia | 18 | #112 | #90 |
| Kentucky | 49 | #116 | #93 |
| North Dakota | 11 | #119 | #100 |
| Virginia | 71 | #121 | #97 |
| Illinois | 97 | #121 | #90 |
| Colorado | 57 | #124 | #111 |
| Washington | 65 | #124 | #96 |
| North Carolina | 98 | #128 | #131 |
| Oklahoma | 36 | #132 | #108 |
| Nebraska | 20 | #135 | #114 |
| Georgia | 85 | #139 | #111 |
| Minnesota | 47 | #140 | #134 |
| Connecticut | 26 | #146 | #88 |
| New York | 128 | #150 | #91 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #154 | #81 |
| Pennsylvania | 84 | #155 | #79 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #156 | #129 |
| Tennessee | 62 | #159 | #122 |
| Massachusetts | 43 | #160 | #87 |
| New Jersey | 62 | #164 | #76 |
| Michigan | 61 | #165 | #75 |
| Alabama | 35 | #166 | #157 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #170 | #135 |
| South Carolina | 33 | #173 | #146 |
| Iowa | 24 | #179 | #114 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #179 | #105 |
| Oregon | 24 | #180 | #106 |
| Mississippi | 18 | #181 | #162 |
| Utah | 30 | #184 | #117 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | #185 | #119 |
| Montana | 7 | #200 | #94 |
| Maine | 7 | #204 | #94 |
| Delaware | 5 | #244 | #99 |
| Idaho | 8 | #331 | #134 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,874 | 3,232 | #108 |
| 2024 | 6 | #15,159 | 3,354 | #102 |
| 2023 | — | — | 3,435 | #105 |
| 2022 | — | — | 3,618 | #100 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,262 | 3,741 | #100 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,401 | 3,902 | #91 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,872 | 4,194 | #90 |
| 2018 | 5 | #18,001 | 4,345 | #88 |
| 2017 | — | — | 4,521 | #89 |
| 2016 | 7 | #14,254 | 4,625 | #88 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,982 | 4,667 | #90 |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,494 | 4,789 | #88 |
| 2013 | 11 | #10,214 | 4,997 | #83 |
| 2012 | 9 | #12,162 | 5,386 | #80 |
| 2011 | — | — | 5,450 | #76 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,873 | 5,765 | #71 |
| 2009 | 16 | #8,039 | 6,227 | #68 |
| 2008 | 12 | #10,057 | 6,290 | #71 |
| 2007 | 16 | #8,085 | 6,561 | #68 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,465 | 6,184 | #78 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,311 | 4,879 | #87 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,958 | 5,016 | #88 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,411 | 5,066 | #85 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,429 | 4,648 | #88 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,165 | 3,979 | #94 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,520 | 3,640 | #103 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,473 | 3,190 | #114 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,364 | 2,931 | #131 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,813 | 2,590 | #141 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,878 | 2,507 | #141 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,675 | 2,396 | #148 |
| 1994 | 27 | #4,015 | 2,527 | #139 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,679 | 2,447 | #141 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,682 | 2,243 | #147 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,300 | 1,812 | #176 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,712 | 1,647 | #186 |
| 1989 | 25 | #4,015 | 1,356 | #210 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,162 | 1,231 | #214 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,622 | 970 | #241 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,960 | 746 | #281 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,342 | 625 | #322 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,721 | 534 | #347 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,947 | 481 | #364 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,524 | 422 | #400 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,856 | 345 | #447 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,400 | 331 | #464 |
| 1979 | 8 | #8,047 | 273 | #508 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,457 | 333 | #438 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,648 | 345 | #427 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,903 | 289 | #462 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,592 | 308 | #457 |
| 1974 | 16 | #4,036 | 299 | #463 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,357 | 275 | #475 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,474 | 255 | #494 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,533 | 271 | #487 |
| 1970 | — | — | 221 | #549 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,465 | 225 | #522 |
| 1968 | 6 | #7,003 | 210 | #527 |
| 1967 | — | — | 182 | #554 |
| 1966 | — | — | 211 | #525 |
| 1965 | — | — | 153 | #619 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,799 | 177 | #596 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,888 | 182 | #586 |
| 1962 | — | — | 157 | #617 |
| 1961 | — | — | 176 | #596 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,314 | 126 | #702 |
| 1959 | — | — | 131 | #668 |
| 1958 | — | — | 82 | #834 |
| 1957 | — | — | 123 | #691 |
| 1956 | — | — | 75 | #867 |
| 1955 | — | — | 112 | #695 |
| 1954 | — | — | 106 | #708 |
| 1953 | — | — | 101 | #712 |
| 1952 | — | — | 84 | #769 |
| 1951 | — | — | 79 | #798 |
| 1950 | — | — | 63 | #871 |
| 1949 | — | — | 64 | #865 |
| 1948 | — | — | 60 | #890 |
| 1947 | — | — | 50 | #1,028 |
| 1946 | — | — | 40 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | — | — | 35 | #1,121 |
| 1944 | — | — | 37 | #1,106 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | — | — | 36 | #1,166 |
| 1941 | — | — | 22 | #1,483 |
| 1940 | — | — | 23 | #1,432 |
| 1939 | — | — | 16 | #1,793 |
| 1938 | — | — | 20 | #1,558 |
| 1937 | — | — | 15 | #1,910 |
| 1936 | — | — | 21 | #1,503 |
| 1935 | — | — | 14 | #2,028 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,857 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,993 |
| 1932 | — | — | 19 | #1,715 |
| 1931 | — | — | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1930 | — | — | 17 | #1,887 |
| 1929 | — | — | 21 | #1,671 |
| 1928 | — | — | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1927 | — | — | 14 | #2,297 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,185 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,255 |
| 1923 | — | — | 16 | #2,120 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,982 |
| 1919 | — | — | 12 | #2,509 |
| 1918 | — | — | 17 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | — | — | 20 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | — | — | 28 | #1,301 |
| 1915 | — | — | 15 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | — | — | 7 | #2,911 |
| 1913 | — | — | 6 | #2,816 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,537 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,344 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,229 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,264 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,236 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #812 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,109 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).