Xavier
The given name Xavier is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier.
- English
- French
- Portuguese
- Catalan
Meaning & Origin of Xavier
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The given name Xavier is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- French
- Portuguese
- Catalan
- Spanish
Etymology
The Story of Xavier
Xavier first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1886, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 6,560 births, good for #68 nationwide. About 32% of every Xavier on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Xavier ranks #106 for baby boys with 3,209 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 164K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Xavier
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Xavier. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Xavier
Xavier is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 164K births in the dataset. Xavier's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #68. Use the chart and map above to compare Xavier'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 .
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