Javier is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2001 and has grown less common since.
Javier is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #274 for boy births in the United States (and #530 across all names), given to 1,252 babies — 1,268 including U.S. territories. Javier first appears in 1917 and peaked in 2001 (2,637 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,252 | 1,268 | — | #274 |
| 2024 | 1,443 | 1,453 | — | #247 |
| 2023 | 1,476 | 1,488 | #16,212 | #239 |
| 2022 | 1,463 | 1,478 | — | #239 |
| 2021 | 1,425 | 1,437 | — | #249 |
| 2020 | 1,407 | 1,426 | — | #250 |
| 2019 | 1,612 | 1,642 | — | #235 |
| 2018 | 1,552 | 1,572 | — | #244 |
| 2017 | 1,644 | 1,675 | — | #231 |
| 2016 | 1,633 | 1,654 | — | #236 |
| 2015 | 1,702 | 1,739 | — | #226 |
| 2014 | 1,765 | 1,816 | — | #217 |
| 2013 | 1,684 | 1,736 | — | #223 |
| 2012 | 1,776 | 1,838 | — | #211 |
| 2011 | 1,884 | 1,938 | — | #194 |
| 2010 | 1,952 | 2,020 | — | #190 |
| 2009 | 2,024 | 2,127 | #14,329 | #187 |
| 2008 | 2,375 | 2,473 | #16,266 | #165 |
| 2007 | 2,554 | 2,665 | — | #163 |
| 2006 | 2,592 | 2,732 | — | #163 |
| 2005 | 2,507 | 2,682 | #15,299 | #164 |
| 2004 | 2,549 | 2,722 | #8,451 | #159 |
| 2003 | 2,507 | 2,666 | #16,834 | #161 |
| 2002 | 2,445 | 2,620 | #10,578 | #158 |
| 2001 | 2,646 | 2,858 | #10,461 | #149 |
| 2000 | 2,503 | 2,723 | #9,466 | #155 |
| 1999 | 2,328 | 2,603 | #9,090 | #160 |
| 1998 | 2,318 | 2,528 | #9,624 | #149 |
| 1997 | 2,302 | — | #7,999 | #153 |
| 1996 | 2,258 | — | #7,812 | #153 |
| 1995 | 2,261 | — | #7,738 | #156 |
| 1994 | 2,286 | — | #6,123 | #153 |
| 1993 | 2,205 | — | #4,158 | #150 |
| 1992 | 2,153 | — | #4,751 | #152 |
| 1991 | 2,158 | — | #4,257 | #150 |
| 1990 | 2,000 | — | #5,374 | #157 |
| 1989 | 1,826 | — | #6,704 | #166 |
| 1988 | 1,589 | — | #4,554 | #181 |
| 1987 | 1,543 | — | #5,410 | #179 |
| 1986 | 1,436 | — | #7,360 | #184 |
| 1985 | 1,437 | — | #5,798 | #182 |
| 1984 | 1,399 | — | #6,473 | #181 |
| 1983 | 1,438 | — | #4,761 | #181 |
| 1982 | 1,312 | — | #3,937 | #193 |
| 1981 | 1,319 | — | #5,381 | #192 |
| 1980 | 1,319 | — | #5,661 | #186 |
| 1979 | 1,158 | — | #4,108 | #208 |
| 1978 | 1,170 | — | #5,029 | #198 |
| 1977 | 1,122 | — | #7,847 | #203 |
| 1976 | 1,065 | — | #5,755 | #206 |
| 1975 | 1,119 | — | #6,145 | #200 |
| 1974 | 1,070 | — | #5,506 | #210 |
| 1973 | 1,048 | — | #4,667 | #209 |
| 1972 | 909 | — | #6,183 | #238 |
| 1971 | 973 | — | #6,886 | #240 |
| 1970 | 922 | — | #5,195 | #253 |
| 1969 | 814 | — | #6,957 | #259 |
| 1968 | 747 | — | #5,318 | #268 |
| 1967 | 798 | — | #7,198 | #254 |
| 1966 | 738 | — | — | #270 |
| 1965 | 579 | — | #6,916 | #319 |
| 1964 | 587 | — | — | #322 |
| 1963 | 590 | — | #6,152 | #327 |
| 1962 | 587 | — | — | #323 |
| 1961 | 531 | — | — | #341 |
| 1960 | 482 | — | — | #355 |
| 1959 | 436 | — | — | #380 |
| 1958 | 332 | — | — | #431 |
| 1957 | 323 | — | — | #433 |
| 1956 | 339 | — | — | #414 |
| 1955 | 283 | — | — | #437 |
| 1954 | 246 | — | — | #463 |
| 1953 | 267 | — | — | #435 |
| 1952 | 251 | — | — | #447 |
| 1951 | 194 | — | — | #487 |
| 1950 | 228 | — | — | #440 |
| 1949 | 152 | — | — | #541 |
| 1948 | 106 | — | — | #660 |
| 1947 | 110 | — | — | #659 |
| 1946 | 109 | — | — | #616 |
| 1945 | 78 | — | — | #687 |
| 1944 | 51 | — | — | #892 |
| 1943 | 54 | — | — | #910 |
| 1942 | 56 | — | — | #885 |
| 1941 | 46 | — | — | #946 |
| 1940 | 47 | — | — | #934 |
| 1939 | 35 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1938 | 32 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1937 | 32 | — | — | #1,172 |
| 1936 | 27 | — | — | #1,285 |
| 1935 | 27 | — | — | #1,310 |
| 1934 | 31 | — | — | #1,202 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1932 | 36 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1931 | 31 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1930 | 42 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1929 | 36 | — | — | #1,165 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | — | #1,870 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | — | #1,840 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | — | #1,871 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | — | #2,368 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | — | #2,737 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | — | #2,176 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | — | #2,408 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | — | #4,655 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | — | #3,642 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | — | #3,940 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | — | #4,267 |