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Javier

“Variant of Xavier — New house — Basque etxe (house) + berri (new)” — Basque (via Spanish Javier, English/Spanish Xavier, Basque Xabier) origin

Boy's name · #274 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Javier has appeared in US records since 1917 — best rank #149 (1998) · 107,969 babies named Javier all-time · 1 in 1,400 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #32 in Spain (2024) · #93 in Puerto Rico (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Javiers

• Javier Milei — economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
• Javier Bardem — Spanish actor
• Javier Pérez de Cuéllar — 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)
• Javier Mascherano — Argentine association football player and manager
• Javier Zanetti — Argentine association football player (born 1973)

In stories & tradition

• Javier Escuella — video game character
• Javier Delgado — Modern Family
• Javier Esposito — Castle

What Javiers become

Among 2,914 notable people named Javier:

Athletes appear 1.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Javier Mascherano, Argentine association football player and manager.

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