Xaver

Boys' name

The new house, through Xavier

Xaver has been given to 49 babies in the U.S. since 1987. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1988, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Xaver, 2014

1 in 741,000

Xaver over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Xaver: meaning, origin, and history

The new house, through Xavier

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Xaver means

Xaver belongs to the name family reached through Xaver → Xavier → Javier. Its meaning is “the new house”.

Origin, language, and formation

Xaver is used in German.

Xaver comes through Spanish Xavier.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Xavier and Javier.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Xaver is pronounced /ˈksaːvər/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 49 boys were recorded with the name Xaver between 1987 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1988; its best national rank was #4,151 in 1988.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Xaver?

Xaver had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 741,000; 5 of 3,706,812 births
Among boys only: 1 in 384,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Xaver sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Xaver. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Xavers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Xaver was born before 1989 — so the typical Xaver is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 55.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 44.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 49; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 55.1% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Xaver rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1988 (12)
Years since peak: 37; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 62.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,151; 1988

Spellings of Xaver

Xaver is not the most common spelling — Xavier is, with 27.7% against Xaver's <0.01%.

Xavier27.7%160,332
Javier18.7%107,969
Avery11.6%66,880
Dave11.1%64,378
Xander7.0%40,281
River6.9%39,676
Lavern1.8%10,236
Xzavier1.5%8,424

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Xaver by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,151; 1988
Peak year: 1988; 12 that year
First recorded: 1987
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 49
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Xaver

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Xavy Xaven Xaviel Enver Dynver Xavius Xaveon Clover Xavia Klover Clever Keiver Elver Xaviar Xavyer Alver Forever Wilver Hever Kover Dover Xavious Dever Olyver

Sibling names for Xaver

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cody Kandace Alyse Whitley Shantell Stephani Ashli Ashlie

For a brother

Darell Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Derik Chaz Lauren Derrell

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