How rare is the name Javier?

158,810 people in the United States have the first name Javier, about 1 in 1,902. It ranks #351 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAVIER

#351

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
158,810
About
1 in 1,902
This common or more
51.9%
Who bears it

Of the 158,810 people named Javier, 96.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% as White and 1.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Javier peaked in 2001, when 2,646 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
2,646
In 2025*
1,252 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 108,463 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Javier by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #299. The largest share of babies named Javier, 34.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#9,75211
1920s#4,094155
1930s#2,361321
1940s#1,574809
1950s#9572,899
1960s#6676,453
1970s#46510,556
1980s#37414,618
1990s#29922,269
2000s#30124,702
2010s#41717,204
2020s#4748,466
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–645.7%
Generation X 1965–8014.3%
Millennials 1981–9626.4%
Generation Z 1997–1234.4%
2013 and later18.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Javier is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Javier has been most common in Texas (3.3×), Arizona (3×), and California (3×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.08×).

105,887 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Javier

#349 Carter · 160,407#350 Curtis · 159,667#352 Tara · 158,365#353 Jaime · 158,232

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Javier, most common first.

#20,499 Javiera · 504#20,724 Javiar · 496#22,961 Jabier · 430#35,546 Javer · 226#39,134 Jayvier · 194#44,359 Javir · 156

Also a last name

As a last name, Javier ranks #3,503 of 156,621, with 9,925 people. See Javier as a last name

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