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How popular is the name Xavier?
Births per year, rank history and how many Xaviers are alive today.
Xavier (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 263rd in 2025 with 174 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 360 babies were given the name, the 163rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 48% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 5,900 babies have been named Xavier in England and Wales since 1996. Xavier is one spelling of a name also recorded as Zavier; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Xavier you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Xaviers born in England and Wales are between 7 and 18, and there are at least 6,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Xavier.
How many babies are named Xavier each year?
Includes all spellings: Xavier, Zavier. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Xavier spelling rank?
Where does the Zavier spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Xavier most popular?
Xavier peaked in 2012, when 382 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Xavier?
At least 6,800 people named Xavier in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Xavier?
Most living Xaviers are between 7 and 18; the most common age is about 15.
Is Xavier becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.