Xavi
A Spanish variant of the Catalan name Xavier, of Basque origin meaning "new house".
Name Census estimates that about 2,360 living Americans carry the first name Xavi. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Xavi today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Xavi births was 2011 (272 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Xavi. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Xavi with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Xavi is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 11 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
2.4K
~ 1 in 145,235 Americans
Peak year
2011
272 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,284
Tracked since 2005
Census
Xavi in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,580 people with the first name Xavi, which placed it at #8,985 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#8,985
National first-name rank
People counted
1.6K
1,580 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.5
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
88.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Xavi
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Xavi is Hispanic at 88.4%. The next largest groups are White (5.9%) and Black (2.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Xavi described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Xavi at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino88.4% · 1,396
- White5.9% · 93
- Black or African American2.6% · 41
- Two or more races1.7% · 27
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 17
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 6
Gender
Gender distribution for Xavi
Out of the 2,378 babies given the name Xavi since 1880, 99.7% were registered as male. The name sits firmly on the male side of the spectrum, with only a handful of female registrations across the entire dataset.
Xavi as a male name
- Ranked #1,284 in 2024
- 153 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2011 (272 births)
Xavi as a female name
- Ranked #16,743 in 2012
- 6 female births in 2012
- Peak: 2012 (6 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Xavi leans strongly male. 1,538 people counted with this name were male (97.6%), compared with 38 female bearers (2.4%).
Popularity
Xavi: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Xavi from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 1,674 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Xavi by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Xavi during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Xavis live
The SSA's state-level files cover 24 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Xavi, while Wisconsin, Tennessee, Pennsylvania recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 65 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Xavi
The name Xavi is a Catalan variant of the name Xavier, which has its origins in the Basque region of Spain. The name Xavier is derived from the medieval Navarro-Aragonese name "Xavierr", which itself is a patronymic form of the name Xaviero or Javier. Xaviero is believed to have been a Romance language adaptation of the Basque name "Etxeberria", meaning "new house" or "new home".
The name Xavier first gained widespread popularity due to the fame of St. Francis Xavier, a 16th-century Navarrese Catholic missionary and co-founder of the Jesuit order. St. Francis Xavier, who was born in 1506 and died in 1552, was instrumental in the spread of Catholicism in Asia, particularly in India and Japan. His veneration as a saint and the subsequent global influence of the Jesuits helped popularize the name Xavier across Europe and later in the Americas and other parts of the world.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Xavi can be found in the 13th-century Catalan literary work "Llibre dels fets" (Book of Deeds), written by King James I of Aragon. In this work, the name Xavi is mentioned as a diminutive form of Xavier used by the king's men.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Xavi. One of the most famous is Xavi Hernández, the Spanish professional football player and manager who was born in 1980. Hernández played for Barcelona and the Spanish national team, winning numerous titles and accolades during his illustrious career.
Another notable Xavi is Xavi Pascual, a Spanish professional basketball coach born in 1972. Pascual has coached several top European clubs and served as the head coach of the Spanish national basketball team.
In the world of literature, Xavi Bou (1963-2019) was a celebrated Catalan writer and poet known for his avant-garde works and experimental style.
Xavi Trias (1637-1714) was a Spanish architect and engineer who was responsible for designing several notable buildings and structures in Barcelona during the Baroque period.
Xavi Forné (1955-2021) was a Catalan artist renowned for his paintings and sculptures, which often explored themes of identity and cultural heritage.
People
Xavi + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Xavi as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with X
Other first names starting with X with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Xavi: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Xavi?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,360 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Xavi going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 145,235 US residents.
Is Xavi a common name?
We classify Xavi as "Rare". It ranks above 94.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,378 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Xavi most popular?
The single biggest year for Xavi was 2011, when 272 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Xavi is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Xavi in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,580 people with the name Xavi, or 0.52 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #8,985 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Xavi in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Xavi?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Xavi leans strongly male. 1,538 people counted with this name were male (97.6%), compared with 38 female bearers (2.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Xavi?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Xavi is Hispanic at 88.4%. The next largest groups are White (5.9%) and Black (2.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Xavi most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Xavi in the 2020 Census, accounting for 88.4% (1,396 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Xavi in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Xavi a male name?
Yes, 99.7% of people registered as Xavi in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Xavi still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Xavi in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Xavi can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Xavi?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.