Boys' name · since 1988
Javi
Javi has 650 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,744 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,380 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 650
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Javi is the #2380 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 650 recorded since 1988.
Javi has 650 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2380 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #6,744 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,380 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 650 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Javi ranks #6,744 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,380 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 650 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,744 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,380 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 650
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Javi's 650 recorded births place it above 85.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Javi compares
650 Top 39% higher than 61% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Javi's all-time total is 76% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Javi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 650 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 77 | 34 | 22,252 |
Javi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Javi's full recorded timeline at 2014, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 77 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Javi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 77
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Javi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (354 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Javi's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Javi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 54
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
237 births
- 2020s
2020s
354 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 354 births (54% of all-time use).
How Javi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Javi's total volume
Javi by state
Where Javi concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 77 | 11.8% |
| #2 | California | | 55 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.9% |
77 of 650 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Javis (77 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Javi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Javi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.