Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: FrenchThe given name Xavier is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Xavier yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
2007 doubled as Xavier's high-water mark on both fronts: 6,560 births, #68 nationally. What followed was a 30% pullback over the next ten years, settling at 3,337 births and #102 by 2024.
This name first shows up six years into the dataset, in 1886, and its total births now run to 157,909 over that span.
Footballer Xavi Hernández and Luxembourg's prime minister, Xavier Bettel, keep it visible in European sport and politics; actor Gérard Depardieu carries it as a middle name.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 5 | #1,109 |
| 1890 | 8 | #812 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,236 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,264 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,229 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,344 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,537 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,816 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,911 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,967 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,301 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,692 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,997 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,982 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,120 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,255 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,011 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,185 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,297 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,671 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,887 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,715 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,993 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,857 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,028 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,503 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,910 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,558 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,793 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,432 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,483 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,166 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,106 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,121 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,110 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1948 | 60 | #890 |
| 1949 | 64 | #865 |
| 1950 | 63 | #871 |
| 1951 | 79 | #798 |
| 1952 | 84 | #769 |
| 1953 | 101 | #712 |
| 1954 | 106 | #708 |
| 1955 | 112 | #695 |
| 1956 | 75 | #867 |
| 1957 | 123 | #691 |
| 1958 | 82 | #835 |
| 1959 | 131 | #668 |
| 1960 | 126 | #702 |
| 1961 | 177 | #595 |
| 1962 | 156 | #623 |
| 1963 | 182 | #586 |
| 1964 | 177 | #596 |
| 1965 | 153 | #619 |
| 1966 | 211 | #525 |
| 1967 | 182 | #554 |
| 1968 | 210 | #527 |
| 1969 | 226 | #521 |
| 1970 | 221 | #549 |
| 1971 | 271 | #487 |
| 1972 | 255 | #494 |
| 1973 | 275 | #475 |
| 1974 | 299 | #463 |
| 1975 | 308 | #456 |
| 1976 | 290 | #461 |
| 1977 | 344 | #427 |
| 1978 | 333 | #438 |
| 1979 | 273 | #507 |
| 1980 | 332 | #464 |
| 1981 | 345 | #447 |
| 1982 | 422 | #400 |
| 1983 | 482 | #363 |
| 1984 | 534 | #347 |
| 1985 | 625 | #322 |
| 1986 | 746 | #281 |
| 1987 | 970 | #241 |
| 1988 | 1,231 | #214 |
| 1989 | 1,356 | #210 |
| 1990 | 1,647 | #186 |
| 1991 | 1,812 | #176 |
| 1992 | 2,243 | #147 |
| 1993 | 2,447 | #141 |
| 1994 | 2,528 | #139 |
| 1995 | 2,395 | #148 |
| 1996 | 2,507 | #141 |
| 1997 | 2,590 | #141 |
| 1998 | 2,931 | #131 |
| 1999 | 3,190 | #114 |
| 2000 | 3,640 | #103 |
| 2001 | 3,979 | #94 |
| 2002 | 4,648 | #88 |
| 2003 | 5,066 | #85 |
| 2004 | 5,016 | #88 |
| 2005 | 4,879 | #87 |
| 2006 | 6,184 | #78 |
| 2007 | 6,560 | #68 |
| 2008 | 6,288 | #71 |
| 2009 | 6,222 | #68 |
| 2010 | 5,765 | #71 |
| 2011 | 5,449 | #76 |
| 2012 | 5,385 | #80 |
| 2013 | 4,997 | #83 |
| 2014 | 4,788 | #88 |
| 2015 | 4,660 | #90 |
| 2016 | 4,624 | #88 |
| 2017 | 4,518 | #89 |
| 2018 | 4,340 | #88 |
| 2019 | 4,191 | #90 |
| 2020 | 3,900 | #91 |
| 2021 | 3,741 | #100 |
| 2022 | 3,617 | #100 |
| 2023 | 3,432 | #105 |
| 2024 | 3,337 | #102 |
