Javier
Boy · ha-VYAIR · Spanish
Javier is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “new house”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 274th for boys in the US (1,252 babies).
What does Javier mean?
Spanish: Spanish form of Xavier, from a Basque place name
“new house”
Honours Saint Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary named after his family's castle of Xavier in Navarre.
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- ha-VYAIR
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Is Javier a girl's or a boy's name?
Javier is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 1,252 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Javier in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Javier, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 29 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Javier than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Javier in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Javier in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,058 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,070 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
How popular is Javier in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #274among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,252about 1 in 1,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,252 boys in the US were named Javier, making it the 274th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 250th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 2,637 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Javier than any year since 1979.
Half of all the boys named Javier in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Javier in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,252 | #274 |
| 2024 | 1,443 | #247 |
| 2023 | 1,471 | #239 |
| 2022 | 1,463 | #239 |
| 2021 | 1,425 | #249 |
| 2020 | 1,407 | #250 |
| 2019 | 1,612 | #235 |
| 2018 | 1,552 | #244 |
| 2017 | 1,644 | #231 |
| 2016 | 1,633 | #236 |
| 2015 | 1,702 | #226 |
| 2014 | 1,765 | #217 |
| 2013 | 1,684 | #223 |
| 2012 | 1,776 | #211 |
| 2011 | 1,884 | #194 |
| 2010 | 1,952 | #190 |
| 2009 | 2,017 | #187 |
| 2008 | 2,369 | #165 |
| 2007 | 2,554 | #163 |
| 2006 | 2,592 | #163 |
| 2005 | 2,501 | #164 |
| 2004 | 2,536 | #159 |
| 2003 | 2,502 | #161 |
| 2002 | 2,436 | #158 |
| 2001 | 2,637 | #149 |
| 2000 | 2,493 | #155 |
| 1999 | 2,318 | #160 |
| 1998 | 2,309 | #149 |
| 1997 | 2,291 | #153 |
| 1996 | 2,247 | #153 |
| 1995 | 2,250 | #156 |
| 1994 | 2,271 | #153 |
| 1993 | 2,180 | #150 |
| 1992 | 2,132 | #152 |
| 1991 | 2,134 | #150 |
| 1990 | 1,983 | #157 |
| 1989 | 1,814 | #166 |
| 1988 | 1,570 | #181 |
| 1987 | 1,529 | #179 |
| 1986 | 1,427 | #184 |
| 1985 | 1,425 | #182 |
| 1984 | 1,389 | #181 |
| 1983 | 1,423 | #181 |
| 1982 | 1,292 | #193 |
| 1981 | 1,306 | #192 |
| 1980 | 1,307 | #186 |
| 1979 | 1,140 | #208 |
| 1978 | 1,157 | #198 |
| 1977 | 1,115 | #203 |
| 1976 | 1,055 | #206 |
| 1975 | 1,110 | #200 |
| 1974 | 1,060 | #210 |
| 1973 | 1,036 | #209 |
| 1972 | 901 | #238 |
| 1971 | 966 | #240 |
| 1970 | 912 | #253 |
| 1969 | 808 | #259 |
| 1968 | 739 | #268 |
| 1967 | 793 | #254 |
| 1966 | 738 | #270 |
| 1965 | 574 | #319 |
| 1964 | 587 | #322 |
| 1963 | 584 | #327 |
| 1962 | 587 | #323 |
| 1961 | 531 | #341 |
| 1960 | 482 | #354 |
| 1959 | 436 | #379 |
| 1958 | 332 | #431 |
| 1957 | 323 | #432 |
| 1956 | 339 | #413 |
| 1955 | 283 | #436 |
| 1954 | 246 | #461 |
| 1953 | 267 | #434 |
| 1952 | 251 | #444 |
| 1951 | 194 | #484 |
| 1950 | 228 | #439 |
| 1949 | 152 | #540 |
| 1948 | 106 | #657 |
| 1947 | 110 | #658 |
| 1946 | 109 | #615 |
| 1945 | 78 | #684 |
| 1944 | 51 | #888 |
| 1943 | 54 | #908 |
| 1942 | 56 | #876 |
| 1941 | 46 | #938 |
| 1940 | 47 | #929 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,126 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,239 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,069 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,154 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
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