first name
XAVIER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 119,289 people named Xavier, 42.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 29.2% as Black and 17.9% as White. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Xavier peaked in 2007, when 6,577 babies got the name.
At least 161,200 babies have been given the name since 1886. 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.
Xavier by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #130. The largest share of babies named Xavier, 48.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Xavier is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Xavier has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), Arizona (2.6×), and New Mexico (2.3×), and least common in Vermont (0.37×).
157,945 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 Xavier
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Xavier, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Xavier ranks #8,400 of 156,621, with 3,775 people. See Xavier as a last name
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