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 reached its best rank, #149, in 1998 and ranked #274 in 2025. Roughly 108,000 boys have been named Javier since 1917.

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)

Among 2,914 notable people named Javier:

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

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