Fun Facts About the Name Xabi
- 121 babies named Xabi: U.S. records list 121 babies given the name Xabi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xabi Mean?
Xabi is a Basque short form of Xabier, the Basque spelling of the town of Javier in Navarre, Spain. The place name is usually explained as Basque etxe "house" plus berri "new," giving the sense "new house." That derivation is the common one, but it is not fully settled; the older origin of the town name is uncertain, and some treatments leave it as unexplained rather than accept the "new house" reading. Xabi itself is not a separate root - it is a clipped, familiar form of Xabier, the way a short everyday name is made from a longer one.
Xabi Name History & Origins
Xabier is the Basque form of the Navarrese place name Javier. In Basque writing the letter x stands for the "sh" sound, so Xabier begins with that sound, and Xabi keeps it.
The place name became widely known through Saint Francis Xavier (1506 - 1552), who was born at Javier castle in Navarre, became a Jesuit, and led missionary work in India and Japan; he was canonized in 1622. Through his fame the name spread across Catholic Europe in forms such as Xavier in French and Javier in Spanish. Xabi belongs to the Basque side of that family: it is the short form of Xabier used as a given name among Basque speakers, alongside the longer Xabier itself.
How Popular is the Name Xabi?
Xabi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #6,684 in 2010.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #10,830 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #14,088 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #10,787 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #11,941 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #14,024 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #12,073 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #14,154 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #8,118 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #7,041 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #8,095 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #7,524 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #8,830 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #9,562 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #6,684 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #10,927 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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