How Many People Are Named Xavier?
people named Xavier are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,174 people in the US has this name
Based on 161,200 babies named Xavier in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,577 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was borne in a village of this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Xavier in English. Counting Xavier and these spellings together, about 165,515 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Xavier, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Xavier alive today is about 18 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Xavier first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 2007, to 6,577 babies. In 2025, 3,241 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Xavier never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #68, in 2007 and 2009, and it was in the top 100 for 22 years, 2001 to 2022. In 2025 it ranked #108.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #108 |
| Best rank | #68 (2007 and 2009) |
| Years in the top 100 | 22 (2001 to 2022) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #81 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Xavier alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Xavier were born in California than in any other state: about 21,543 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Xavier was given 2.2 times as often in New Mexico, 1.7 times in District of Columbia and 1.5 times in Arizona.
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