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Xavi

#1,545 in 2025Boys' name

Diminutive of Xavier

Xavi has been given to 2,492 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #1,545 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 272 recorded.

Babies named Xavi, 2025

1 in 29,600

Xavi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Xavi: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Xavier

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Xavi means

Xavi is a diminutive of Xavier.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Xavi → Xavier. The family’s meaning is “the new house”, recorded in the naming reference for Xavier.

Origin, language, and formation

Xavi is used in English and Catalan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Xavier.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Xavi is pronounced [ˈʃa.βi].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,486 boys were recorded with the name Xavi between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 272 in 2011; its best national rank was #809 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,289 in 2020 to #1,545 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,339 in 2015 to #1,545 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Xavi between 2012 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2012; its best national rank was #16,740 in 2012.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Xavi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 29,600
112 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,545
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,518 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Xavi 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 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,518 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Xavi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Xavis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Xavi was born before 2014 — so the typical Xavi is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
67.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,486
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 67.1% of all recorded uses (1,669).

Is Xavi 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
−260
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+744
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−206
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.85×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.2%
Peak was 2011 (272)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
44.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#809
2011

Spellings of Xavi

Xavi is not the most common spelling — David is, with 80.5% against Xavi's 0.05%.

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.

Where Xavi is used

Across 2016–2025, Xavi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 16,452 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

112 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 8,333
  2. 2Texas1 in 12,500
  3. 3Illinois1 in 16,667
  4. 4Kansas1 in 25,000
  5. 5New York1 in 25,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 25,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 33,333
  8. 8Georgia1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Xavi around the world

Where Xavi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • France
    2005–2025
    #4,144
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2010–2022
    #2,602
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Xavi

People whose public names include Xavi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Xavi in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Xavi. Linked forms have their own page here.

XaverJavierXabierXavierSaverioXzavierXavérChabierKsaweryXaverius

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Xavi by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,545
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 744
Best rank ever
#809
2011
Peak year
2011
272 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,486
Count in 2025
112

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,740
2012
Peak year
2012
6 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Xavi

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

DaviXavionRaviXavianXaviorXavienKaviJaviXaviarAviNaviLaviXavyXaviusTaviZaviMaviXavielGaviHaviAaviXavyerXavierTaavi

Names with a curve like Xavi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Xavi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

NeymarBentleeBentlyUrijahKaidynJaxenRylenAarushMaksimJayseBraylinDiesel

Sibling names for Xavi

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

Explore around Xavi

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