NameTides

Xavier

Xavier was the #108 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,232 babies), and #263 in England & Wales and #116 in Canada.

Xavier as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Xavier as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIreland
Xavier as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#108 (3,232)#263 (174)#560 (5)#395 (3)#676 (4)#116 (267)#43 (153)#33 (162)
2024#102 (3,354)#238 (207)#535 (5)#404 (3)#430 (8)#98 (295)#35 (168)#20 (211)
2023#105 (3,435)#215 (231)#728 (3)—#396 (9)#79 (353)#37 (173)#28 (167)
2022#100 (3,618)#213 (240)#590 (4)#352 (4)#572 (5)#69 (421)#33 (202)#29 (184)
2021#100 (3,741)#206 (263)#605 (4)—#498 (6)#65 (474)#41 (195)#17 (241)
2020#91 (3,902)#205 (245)#390 (8)—#402 (9)#56 (507)#41 (183)#24 (211)
2019#90 (4,194)#223 (227)#264 (15)—#506 (6)#54 (534)#37 (208)#21 (242)
2018#88 (4,345)#224 (232)#472 (6)—#369 (10)#40 (664)#35 (223)#20 (220)
2017#89 (4,521)#191 (284)#532 (5)—#336 (12)#40 (678)#24 (259)#12 (263)
2016#88 (4,625)#200 (283)#355 (10)—#263 (18)#39 (744)#33 (252)#20 (216)
2015#90 (4,667)#210 (274)#426 (7)—#308 (14)#34 (793)#29 (254)#17 (222)
2014#88 (4,789)#224 (254)#399 (8)#398 (3)#325 (13)#35 (811)#30 (273)#15 (245)
2013#83 (4,997)#172 (328)#207 (23)#343 (4)#257 (20)#30 (902)#29 (287)#12 (285)
2012#80 (5,386)#163 (360)#301 (12)—#290 (16)#30 (891)#24 (322)#13 (289)
2011#76 (5,450)#166 (347)#246 (16)—#289 (16)#28 (944)#22 (338)#13 (304)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #68.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 530 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 530common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 600common

Next year

On its recent trend, Xavier is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 550 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 540 to 1 in 550.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Xavier by state, 2025Alaska: #76AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #182WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #121WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #140MNIllinois: #120ILMichigan: #164MINew York: #150NYMassachusetts: #160MAOregon: #170ORNevada: #75NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #175IAIndiana: #87INOhio: #98OHPennsylvania: #154PANew Jersey: #162NJConnecticut: #141CTRhode Island: #140RICalifornia: #61CAUtah: #181UTColorado: #123CONebraska: #131NEMissouri: #86MOKentucky: #113KYWest Virginia: #109WVVirginia: #120VAMaryland: #93MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #59AZNew Mexico: #39NMKansas: #98KSArkansas: #99ARTennessee: #156TNNorth Carolina: #128NCSouth Carolina: #171SCDistrict of Columbia: #66DCOklahoma: #130OKLouisiana: #97LAMississippi: #173MSAlabama: #163ALGeorgia: #139GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #107TXFlorida: #100FL
Xavier (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#10864
Ontario2024#124106

Xavier (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
XavierCanadaGirls—too few
XavierCanadaBoys#116267
XavierEngland & WalesGirls—too few
XavierEngland & WalesBoys#263174
XavierIrelandBoys#6764
XavierNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
XavierNSWBoys#43153
XavierScotlandBoys#5605
XavierUSGirls#10,1079
XavierUSBoys#1083,232
XavierVICBoys#33162