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Xavier

Gender
Boy
Say it
ZAY-vee-er
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#284 for boys
US rank, 2025
#108 for boys

Xavier is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “new house”. In 2025 it ranked 284th for boys in the UK (182 babies) and 108th for boys in the US (3,232 babies).

What does Xavier mean?

Spanish: from a Basque place name, via Spanish

“new house”

From the castle of Javier in Navarre, birthplace of Saint Francis Xavier, a 16th-century Jesuit missionary.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Xavier a girl's or a boy's name?

Xavier is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 182 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 3,232 boys in the US.

How popular is Xavier in the UK?

Rank in 2025
284th among boys
Babies in 2025
182 about 1 in 1,600 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 182 boys in the UK were named Xavier, making it the 284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 221st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 372 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Xavier than any year since 2007.

Half of all the boys named Xavier in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 216 boys in the UK were given Xavier or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #253, up from #284 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 263rd in England and Wales, 560th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 372 in 20122025
Xavier in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025182#284
2024215#247
2023234#231
2022248#224
2021267#218
2020253#221
2019242#241
2018238#245
2017289#212
2016293#217
2015281#227
2014265#237
2013355#182
2012372#181
2011363#176
2010366#170
2009251#216
2008200#247
2007178#255
2006139#287
2005139#272
2004128#286
2003115#296
2002114#278
200178#369
200076#368
199959#417
199860#413
199765#398
199661#390

How popular is Xavier in the US?

Rank in 2025
108th among boys
Babies in 2025
3,232 about 1 in 530 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 19% in five years
Same name in a class
2.6% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3,232 boys in the US were named Xavier, making it the 108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 91st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6,561 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886. 9 girls were also named Xavier in 2025 (10,104th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 18 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Xavier than any year since 1999.

Half of all the boys named Xavier in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,643 boys in the US were given Xavier or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #106, up from #108 for this spelling alone.

1886Busiest: 6,561 in 20072025
Xavier in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253,232#108
20243,354#102
20233,435#105
20223,618#100
20213,741#100
20203,902#91
20194,194#90
20184,345#88
20174,521#89
20164,625#88
20154,667#90
20144,789#88
20134,997#83
20125,386#80
20115,450#76
20105,765#71
20096,227#68
20086,290#71
20076,561#68
20066,184#78
20054,879#87
20045,016#88
20035,066#85
20024,648#88
20013,979#94
20003,640#103
19993,190#113
19982,931#131
19972,590#141
19962,507#141
19952,396#148
19942,527#139
19932,447#141
19922,243#147
19911,812#176
19901,647#186
19891,356#210
19881,231#213
1987970#241
1986746#281
1985625#321
1984534#347
1983481#363
1982422#398
1981345#445
1980331#464
1979273#505
1978333#437
1977345#425
1976289#461
1975308#455
1974299#461
1973275#475
1972255#492
1971271#486
1970221#546
1969225#521
1968210#524
1967182#552
1966211#525
1965153#619
1964177#594
1963182#585
1962157#616
1961176#595
1960126#698
1959131#666
195882#827
1957123#688
195675#864
1955112#692
1954106#705
1953101#706
195284#765
195179#790
195063#864
194964#855
194860#878
194750#1,013
194640#1,093
194535#1,102
194437#1,085
194328#1,307
194236#1,139
194122#1,446
194023#1,397
193916#1,712
193820#1,521
193715#1,828
193621#1,463
193514#1,929
193416#1,783
193314#1,905
193219#1,651
193120#1,589
193017#1,821
192921#1,611
192823#1,569
192714#2,193
192615#2,074
192517#1,934
19249#3,022
192316#2,019
192219#1,827
192115#2,151
19205#4,284
191912#2,384
191817#1,904
191720#1,642
191628#1,265
191515#1,877
19147#2,650
19136#2,495
19126#2,268
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19076#1,199
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18975#1,056
18965#1,100
18950–
18945#1,073
18930–
18920–
18910–
18908#739
18890–
18880–
18870–
18865#959

Nicknames for Xavier

Names like Xavier

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Cruz, Cooper, Lucas, Tobias, Gabriel, Zachary, Carter, Hunter, Santiago, Luca, Spencer, Lorenzo

Other spellings of Xavier

Zavier, Zaviar, Xzavier, Zayvier, Xavior, Zavior, Xzayvier, Xaiver, Xzavior, Xaviar

Names related to Xavier

Xayvier, Xavyer

More Spanish names

Lola, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Xavier: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xavier, updated 20 October 2026.