Basque etxeberri, "new house", the birthplace of Saint Francis Xavier — new house. A place name that became a given name through the Jesuit missionary.
Xavier ranks 108th among American boys in 2025, with 3,241 born that year. Its best year was 2007, when 6,577 babies were given the name, ranking 68th. The typical living American called Xavier is about 18 years old today. It is relatively most common in New Mexico, where it accounts for 0.30% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.