The first name Xaver
A unisex name.
2 syllables Unisex
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Xaver at birth, 1880–2025
In 2014, 5 boys born in the United States were named Xaver, the 13,982nd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1988, when 12 were.
49
babies named Xaver since 1880
#13,982
rank in 2014
1988
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Xaver
17 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Xaver SchlagerAustrian association football player, born 1997
- Franz Xaver GruberAustrian composer (1787–1863)
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartAustrian composer, teacher and performer; youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791-18
- Franz Xaver SüssmayrAustrian composer and conductor, 1766–1803
- Franz Xaver RichterAustro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician, 1709–1789
- Franz Xaver FieberGerman botanist and entomologist (1807-1872)
- Franz Xaver NaglCatholic cardinal (1855-1913)
- Xaver SchwarzenbergerAustrian cinematographer and film director, born 1946
- František Xaver DušekCzech composer, pianist and harpsichordist, 1731–1799
- Franz Xaver DorschGerman civil engineer (1899–1986)
- Xaver HörmannCanoe racer (1910–1943)
- Franz Xaver von WegeleGerman historian (1823–1897)
Questions
- When was Xaver most popular?
- 1988 in the United States, when 12 babies were named Xaver, its highest rank at 4,156th.