Xavier
Xavier is ranked 102nd among boys in 2024 (3,337 births). Its best rank was 68th, in 2007, 2009.
- Rank in 2024
- #102up 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,3370.19% of boys
- Peak year
- 20076,560 births
- Best rank
- #68first in 2007
- Since 1886
- 157,050people given the name
The story in the numbers
157,050 boys have been named Xavier in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 6,560 births — 0.32% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 88 → 102).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2000s alone account for 33%. It has spent 78 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 22 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Xavier | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 23 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 111 | |
| 1920s | 154 | |
| 1930s | 172 | |
| 1940s | 395 | |
| 1950s | 956 | |
| 1960s | 1,800 | |
| 1970s | 2,869 | |
| 1980s | 7,043 | |
| 1990s | 24,290 | |
| 2000s | 52,482 | |
| 2010s | 48,717 | |
| 2020s | 18,027 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Xavier was the 68th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Xavier
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Geovannipeak 2008
- Keyanpeak 2007
- Jovanipeak 2009
- Kolepeak 2009
- Jacobipeak 2008
- Abisaipeak 2004
- Sebastienpeak 2007
- Eanpeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.