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Xavier
Pronounced /ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/
Rank in 2024
#102
Born in 2024
3,337
Peak year
2007 · #68
Origin
Spanish
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,337 boys were named Xavier, about 1 in every 514.
- It peaked in 2007 with 6,560 babies, ranked #68.
- It first shows up in the records in 1886.
- 157,050 boys have been named Xavier since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Xavier per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 2.5Gen Z1997–12
- 2.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 227 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 397 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,988 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,183 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 22,290 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Gen Z: 77,792 babies, 2.48 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 50,145 babies, 2.31 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Medieval Latin Xavierus and Spanish Xavier, variant of Javier, ultimately from Basque Xabier. Originally chiefly in honor of the Navarrese saint Francis Xavier. Doublet of Echeverría.
- A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- /ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Xavier, CC BY-SA 4.0.