Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Javier

Gender

Male

Origin

Spanish
Bright. Variant of Xavier.
SpanishXavier
Variation of ; bright

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Javier

Pronunciation

j(a)-vier

Famous People

Actor Javier Bardem

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #149, 2,635 births); most recent 2025 (rank #274, 1,252 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #4099, 25 births); most recent 2023 (rank #15178, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,252–
20241,435–
20231,4695
20221,463–
20211,425–
20201,407–
20191,612–
20181,550–
20171,644–
20161,632–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #989, 29 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2012, 12 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202512
202418
202315
202221
202123
202019
201914
201823
201717
201624

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1973 (rank #361, 59 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3272, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20236
202210
20214
20205
20193
201810
20175
20166
20157
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #718, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #520, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
20156
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence