girls:
493 births since 1963
#5223 (9th percentile)
boys:
105.2k births since 1917
#295 (94th percentile)
overall:
105.7k births since 1917
#650 (92nd percentile)
The name Javier is the #650 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 105,738 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 91.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #295 (93.6% percentile) for all time with 105,245 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #5,223 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 493 births since 1963.
Javier first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1963 for girls). Birth data for Javier is available in 106 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 44 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Javier has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Javier reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 82.2% percentile (ranked #148) with 1,274 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 1,274 births per million (ranked 82.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Javier ranks #235 for boys (74.3% percentile) with 798 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Javier reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #845) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Javier ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 22.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Javier".
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Our model has identified 14 different pronunciations for the name Javier. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.0% confident that Javier is pronounced as hah-vee-AIR, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAH-vee-AIR, at 12.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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