Javier Boy
How popular is Javier?
#274 boy name in 2025
1,252 baby boys were named Javier in the US in 2025, making it the 274th most popular boy name.
Javier popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #274 for boys (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,252 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #226 in 2015, #250 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (2,637 boys) |
| Highest rank | #149 in 1998 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Javier counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Javier family of names ranked #277 for boys in 2025 (#250 the year before), with 1,266 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Javier | 1,252 | 99% |
| Jayvier | 7 | 1% |
| Jahvier | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Javier is most popular
Babies named Javier per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 2.2 per 1,000 (72 boys)
- Arizona: 1.9 per 1,000 (314 boys)
- Texas: 1.7 per 1,000 (1,495 boys)
- Nevada: 1.7 per 1,000 (96 boys)
- California: 1.5 per 1,000 (1,410 boys)
Javier by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,735 |
| 1920s | 155 | #1,154 |
| 1930s | 321 | #1,069 |
| 1940s | 809 | #540 |
| 1950s | 2,899 | #379 |
| 1960s | 6,423 | #254 |
| 1970s | 10,452 | #198 |
| 1980s | 14,482 | #166 |
| 1990s | 22,115 | #149 |
| 2000s | 24,637 | #149 |
| 2010s | 17,204 | #190 |
| 2020s | 8,461 | #239 |
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Questions
- Is Javier a boy or girl name?
- Javier is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Javier were boys.
- How popular is the name Javier?
- 1,252 baby boys were named Javier in the US in 2025, making it the 274th most popular boy name.
- When was Javier most popular?
- Javier peaked in 2001, when 2,637 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #149, held for 2 years starting in 1998.
- How many people are named Javier?
- 108,463 babies have been named Javier in the US since 1880. We estimate about 102,775 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Javier most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Javier was most common in New Mexico, at 2.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.