Xavier

maleStatistical record

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

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

Xavier: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #22 in 2011, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
104times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#22highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
7names it appears alongside

What stands out in Xavier's record

Held a top-100 place for 27 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 306 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#5785

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

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

In 2025: #43 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #376 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 recorded2004–2025
Highest recorded position: #22 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2011 (recorded 2004–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #43 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Xavier appears in 5 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 5,738 births with the name.

Xavier across 5 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.

Xavier'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	#376 (1996)	#158 (2010)	#238 (2024)	29 of 29	5,738 (1996–2024)	360 (2012)
New Zealand · Boys	#80 (1999)	#29 (2010)	#71 (2022)	23 of 24	2,178 (1999–2022)	174 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#257 (2013)	#676 (2025)	22 of 24	230 (2002–2025)	20 (2013)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#89 (2004)	#22 (2011)	#43 (2025)	22 of 22	4,772 (2004–2025)	338 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#276 (2007)	#276 (2007)	#404 (2024)	6 of 18	22 (2007–2024)	5 (2007)

Xavier 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 Xavier in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	237	4 of 10	59
2000s	1,372	10 of 10	137
2010sbusiest	2,943	10 of 10	294
2020s	1,186	5 of 10	237

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 294 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 114, from 240 to 354.

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

Xavier 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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #22 in New South Wales, Australia in 2011.

Xavier'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	#238	207	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#215	231	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#213	240	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#206	263	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#205	245	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#223	227	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#224	232	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#191	284	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#200	283	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#210	274	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#224	254	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#172	328	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#163	360	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#166	347	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#158	354	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#202	240	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#234	191	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#247	169	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#266	137	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#252	136	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#259	127	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#270	112	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#257	112	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#339	75	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#344	73	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#381	59	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#369	62	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#376	58	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	173	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	202	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	208	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	223	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#24	259	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	252	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	254	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	273	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	287	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#24	322	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	338	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#24	313	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	277	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	165	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	128	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New Zealand	male	#71	68	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#72	64	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#59	81	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#56	86	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#48	95	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#60	87	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#63	87	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#49	88	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#51	90	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#35	136	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#32	154	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#29	174	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#34	147	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#43	114	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#60	88	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#54	91	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#60	85	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#54	96	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#69	78	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#68	73	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#82	65	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#81	64	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#80	67	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#325	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	20	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#289	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	19	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #22, first reached in 2011.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 27 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 360 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 28 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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Xenia · #871, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Bailey · #23, 30y
Carter · #21, 30y
Ezra · #23, 30y
Lola · #23, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bailey · #23, 30y
Calum · #21, 34y
Carter · #21, 30y
Ezra · #23, 30y

Comparisons involving Xavier

Existing comparison pages where Xavier and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Xavier within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Harry vs Xavier
Across 22 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Harry and Xavier averaged 12.5 places apart, ending at #39 and #43.
Harry · Xavier · 22 shared years, 2004–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Sebastian vs Xavier
Across 22 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Sebastian and Xavier averaged 13.2 places apart, ending at #31 and #43.
Sebastian · Xavier · 22 shared years, 2004–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Xavier and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Mitchell vs Xavier
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Xavier moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2009 as Mitchell fell out of it to #59, having been #49 the year before.
Mitchell · Xavier · 10 shared years, 2004–2013 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Nathan vs Xavier
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Xavier moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2009 as Nathan fell out of it to #53, having been #39 the year before.
Nathan · Xavier · 14 shared years, 2004–2018 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Oscar vs Xavier
In New Zealand · Boys, Oscar moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2013 as Xavier fell out of it to #51, having been #35 the year before.
Oscar · Xavier · 22 shared years, 1999–2022 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2013 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Xavier measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Xavier at its highest position.

Mason vs Xavier
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Xavier moved into the top 50 at #35 in 2024 as Mason fell out of it to #54, having been #34 the year before.
Mason · Xavier · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Xavier was ranked #22 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2011. 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.

Xavier 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 Xavier without appearing here.

Xavier moved ahead of

Marius Compare
In 2022 they stood at #572 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #396 and #770.
Glenn Compare
In 1998 they stood at #386 and #369 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #381 and #586.
Gary Compare
In 2001 they stood at #339 and #337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #257 and #392.
Garry Compare
In 2005 they stood at #500 and #423 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #384 and #493.

Moved ahead of Xavier

Mathias Compare
In 2024 they stood at #430 and #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #432.
Emil Compare
In 2024 they stood at #396 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #468.
Jonas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #396 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #468.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #369 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #386 and #182.

Moved the opposite way to Xavier

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Xavier went from #376 to #215 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Xavier went from #376 to #215 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Xavier went from #376 to #215 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Xavier went from #376 to #213 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Xavier

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Xavier went from #451 to #676 and Aaron from #12 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Xavier went from #451 to #676 and Adam from #3 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Xavier went from #451 to #676 and Adrian from #146 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Xavier went from #451 to #676 and Alan from #60 to #232.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #22 in New South Wales, Australia in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Xavier

Xavier at a glance

What stands out in Xavier's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Xavier across 5 official records

Xavier by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Xavier appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Xavier

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Xavier

Xavier and the names beside it

Xavier moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Xavier

Moved the opposite way to Xavier

Moved the same way as Xavier

Xavier at a glance

What stands out in Xavier's record

Xavier across 5 official records

Xavier by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Xavier appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Xavier

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Xavier

Xavier and the names beside it

Xavier moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Xavier

Moved the opposite way to Xavier

Moved the same way as Xavier