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How popular is “Xavier” in the USA?

Number of people named “Xavier” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Xavier” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Xavier” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Xavier” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Xavier” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Xavier” by birth year

This chart shows how “Xavier” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 -100%
1942 36 0.000013178 36 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 37 0.000013754 37 -100%
1945 35 0.000013193 35 -100%
1946 40 0.000012518 40 -100%
1947 50 0.00001388 50 -100%
1948 60 0.000017379 60 -100%
1949 64 0.000018366 64 -100%
1950 63 0.000017983 63 -100%
1951 79 0.000021446 79 -100%
1952 84 0.000022117 84 -100%
1953 101 0.000026209 101 -100%
1954 106 0.000026628 106 -100%
1955 112 0.000027895 112 -100%
1956 75 0.00001819 75 -100%
1957 123 0.000029271 123 -100%
1958 82 0.000019836 82 -100%
1959 131 0.000031506 131 -100%
1960 131 0.000031537 5 126 -92%
1961 177 0.00004273 177 -100%
1962 156 0.000038658 156 -100%
1963 189 0.000047749 7 182 -93%
1964 182 0.000046815 5 177 -95%
1965 153 0.000042202 153 -100%
1966 211 0.000060708 211 -100%
1967 182 0.00005361 182 -100%
1968 216 0.000063935 6 210 -94%
1969 232 0.000066756 6 226 -95%
1970 221 0.000061278 221 -100%
1971 284 0.000082742 13 271 -91%
1972 265 0.000084315 10 255 -92%
1973 289 0.000095794 14 275 -90%
1974 315 0.000103618 16 299 -90%
1975 322 0.000106644 14 308 -91%
1976 303 0.000099858 13 290 -91%
1977 359 0.000113018 15 344 -92%
1978 349 0.00010996 16 333 -91%
1979 281 0.00008446 8 273 -94%
1980 341 0.000098998 9 332 -95%
1981 366 0.000105799 21 345 -89%
1982 439 0.000125144 17 422 -92%
1983 502 0.000144947 20 482 -92%
1984 556 0.000159369 22 534 -92%
1985 639 0.000179036 14 625 -96%
1986 762 0.000214221 16 746 -96%
1987 995 0.000275959 25 970 -95%
1988 1263 0.000341809 32 1231 -95%
1989 1381 0.000359219 25 1356 -96%
1990 1676 0.000424038 29 1647 -97%
1991 1846 0.000473909 34 1812 -96%
1992 2265 0.000589648 22 2243 -98%
1993 2477 0.000656981 30 2447 -98%
1994 2555 0.000687262 27 2528 -98%
1995 2417 0.000659994 22 2395 -98%
1996 2528 0.000693135 21 2507 -98%
1997 2620 0.000722609 30 2590 -98%
1998 2957 0.000803924 26 2931 -98%
1999 3206 0.000867925 16 3190 -99%
2000 3652 0.000966162 12 3640 -99%
2001 4002 0.001069084 23 3979 -99%
2002 4663 0.001247361 15 4648 -99%
2003 5089 0.001338394 23 5066 -99%
2004 5037 0.001318268 21 5016 -99%
2005 4893 0.001272613 14 4879 -99%
2006 6201 0.001567418 17 6184 -99%
2007 6576 0.001644953 16 6560 -100%
2008 6300 0.001602782 12 6288 -100%
2009 6238 0.00163291 16 6222 -99%
2010 5772 0.001561799 7 5765 -100%
2011 5449 0.001489697 5449 -100%
2012 5394 0.001474831 9 5385 -100%
2013 5008 0.001373686 11 4997 -100%
2014 4800 0.001295066 12 4788 -100%
2015 4665 0.0012605 5 4660 -100%
2016 4631 0.001262301 7 4624 -100%
2017 4518 0.001263354 4518 -100%
2018 4345 0.001235815 5 4340 -100%
2019 4196 0.001208897 5 4191 -100%
2020 3907 0.001169558 7 3900 -100%
2021 3751 0.00110716 10 3741 -99%
2022 3617 0.001069127 3617 -100%
2023 3432 0.001036483 3432 -100%
2024 3343 0.001004356 6 3337 -100%

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