Xabier
Xabier is a name with multiple cultural origins: Basque, Galician.
- Basque
- Galician
Meaning & Origin of Xabier
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Xabier is a name with multiple cultural origins: Basque, Galician.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Basque
- Galician
The Story of Xabier
The earliest SSA record of Xabier as a baby boy name dates back to 1999, when 6 babies received it. 2011 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Xabier — #8,078 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Xabier on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Xabier last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 56 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Xabier
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Xabier. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Xabier
Phonetically similar names — useful when Xabier is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Zabar
- Zippier
- Sappier
- Shabbier
- Zapper
- Zappy
- Zuber
- Zaba
- Zabi
- Zubi
- Zubia
- Zauber
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Xabier
Xabier is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 56 births in the dataset. Xabier's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #8,078. Use the chart and map above to compare Xabier's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.