Javier

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Javier: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Javier: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #718 in 2012, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#718highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1578
1998	#1642
1999	#948
2000	#1048
2001	#1202
2002	#1411
2003	#1132
2004	#1160
2005	#1047
2006	#1224
2007	#1578
2008	#1596
2009	#1649
2010	#1171
2011	#1158
2012	#1021
2013	#1063
2014	#988
2015	#1327
2016	#1157
2017	#1470
2018	#1158
2019	#1655
2020	#1314
2021	#1184
2022	#1268
2023	#1610
2024	#1460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2012: #718 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1021 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2012
Highest recorded position: #718 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2010–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Javier appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 505 births with the name.

Javier across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Javier's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#948 (1999)	#1460 (2024)	29 of 29	505 (1996–2024)	29 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#718 (2012)	#718 (2012)	2 of 3	6 (2010–2012)	3 (2010)

Javier by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Javier in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	44	4 of 10	11
2000s	143	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	222	10 of 10	22
2020s	96	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Javier appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Javier's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1063	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1171	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #718, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y
Heaven · #718, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arbaaz · #718, 20y
Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y

Javier was ranked #718 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Javier and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Javier without appearing here.

Javier moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1314 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1184 and #1984.
Gary Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1655 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1314 and #2076.
Grant Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1649 and #1568 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1171 and #1911.

Moved ahead of Javier

Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #976 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1578 and #678.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1642 and #924.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1224 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1578 and #926.
Magnus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #976 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1578 and #1113.

Moved the opposite way to Javier

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Javier

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Javier went from #976 to #1460 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Javier

Javier at a glance

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Popularity journey

Javier across 2 official records

Javier by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Javier across 2 official records

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