Xavier

What Xavier means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Xavier yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Xavier?

US: Falling: down from #90 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #210 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 6,561 boys got the name (#68 that year). First in the US records in 1886.

How common

• About 1 in 528 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,563 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (5.23 per 1,000 boys), DC (4.75 per 1,000 boys), AK (4.4 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Xavier is #108 in the US and #263 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Xavier were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zavier214 US · 26 E&W
• Savior83 US
• Zayvier17 US
• Xavior15 US
• Zavior13 US
• Savier10 US
• Zaviar0 US · 8 E&W
• Xaviar5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Xavier

Boys

• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Aldo#960Italian form of Aldous, meaning “old”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Angelo#304Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US
• Joaquin#355Spanish form of Joachim, meaning “may Yahweh raise up”^*

For a sister

• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Xavier’s. Rank is US 2025.