# Xavier (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/xavier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Xav, Xavi |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 161,200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 160,332 / 868 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,915, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Medieval Latin Xavierus and Spanish Xavier, variant of Javier, ultimately from Basque Xabier. Originally chiefly in honor of the Navarrese saint Francis Xavier. Doublet of Echeverría.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 16 | 8,085 |
| 2008 | 12 | 10,057 |
| 2009 | 16 | 8,039 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,873 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,162 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10,214 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,494 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,982 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,254 |
| 2018 | 5 | 18,001 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,872 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,401 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,262 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15,159 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,874 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,450 | 76 |
| 2012 | 5,386 | 80 |
| 2013 | 4,997 | 83 |
| 2014 | 4,789 | 88 |
| 2015 | 4,667 | 90 |
| 2016 | 4,625 | 88 |
| 2017 | 4,521 | 89 |
| 2018 | 4,345 | 88 |
| 2019 | 4,194 | 90 |
| 2020 | 3,902 | 91 |
| 2021 | 3,741 | 100 |
| 2022 | 3,618 | 100 |
| 2023 | 3,435 | 105 |
| 2024 | 3,354 | 102 |
| 2025 | 3,232 | 108 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 347 | 166 |
| 2012 | 360 | 163 |
| 2013 | 328 | 172 |
| 2014 | 254 | 224 |
| 2015 | 274 | 210 |
| 2016 | 283 | 200 |
| 2017 | 284 | 191 |
| 2018 | 232 | 224 |
| 2019 | 227 | 223 |
| 2020 | 245 | 205 |
| 2021 | 263 | 206 |
| 2022 | 240 | 213 |
| 2023 | 231 | 215 |
| 2024 | 207 | 238 |
| 2025 | 174 | 263 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Xavier
- Chinese: 澤維爾 /泽维尔, 格扎維埃, 哈維爾 /哈维尔, 沙維爾 /沙维尔
- Czech: Xaver
- Dutch: Xaverius
- Esperanto: Ksavero
- French: Xavier
- German: Xaver
- Greek: Ξαβέριος, Ξαβέρης
- Hindi: ख़ाबियेर
- Hungarian: Xavér
- Italian: Saverio
- Japanese: シャビエル, ゼイヴィア, エグゼビア, グザヴィエ
- Latin: Xaverius
- Polish: Ksawery
- Portuguese: Xavier
- Romanian: Xaveriu
- Russian: Ксаве́рий
- Slovak: Xaver
- Spanish: Javier
- Swedish: Xavier

## People named Xavier

- Xavier Dolan, Canadian filmmaker (born 1989)
- Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and pathologist (1771–1802)
- Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
- Xavier Becerra, American attorney and politician (born 1958)
- Xavier de Maistre, French writer (1763-1852)
- Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
- Xavier Beauvois, French actor, film director and screenwriter
- Xavier Giannoli, French film director and screenwriter (born 1972)
- Xavier Arreaga, Ecuadorian association football player
- Xavier Barachet, French handball player
- Xavier Bertrand, French politician
- Xavier de Montépin, French novelist (1823–1902)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.