Javonte

Where Javonte comes from

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century. Compare Javon, Javion.
— Wiktionary's entry for Javonte
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1983
    First appearance
    #6,238 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1993
    Javonte Green born
    American basketball player
  3. 1993
    Peak, #677
    229 babies named Javonte — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1999
    Javonte Smart born
    American basketball player
  5. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,482.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Javonte Green · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Javonte Smart · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Javonte Williams · American football running back, born 2000
  • Javonte Cooke · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Javonte Douglas · American basketball player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.