Javier
Spanish, from the Basque place name Etxaberri, meaning new house. It spread through Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary born in that village in Navarre.
Javier in 2025
Javier was given to 1,252 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 530th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 2,648 babies born.
The history of Javier
Javier reached its highest point in 2001, when 2,646 babies were given the name, ranking 284th that year.
Across the 109 years of records since 1917, 108,463 babies have been named Javier. Half of them were born before 1998, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Javier by decade
| Decade | Babies named Javier | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | 7,615 |
| 1920s | 155 | 2,274 |
| 1930s | 321 | 2,107 |
| 1940s | 809 | 1,199 |
| 1950s | 2,899 | 826 |
| 1960s | 6,453 | 557 |
| 1970s | 10,556 | 417 |
| 1980s | 14,618 | 327 |
| 1990s | 22,269 | 290 |
| 2000s | 24,702 | 284 |
| 2010s | 17,204 | 350 |
| 2020s | 8,466 | 454 |
Where Javier is heading
Javier has fallen 26% over the past decade, from 1,702 babies in 2015 to 1,252 in 2025.
Names like Javier
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Javier.