Jovani
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #1,204 for boys in 2025, 168 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 346 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,355since 1974
Jovani over time
Rank among boys' names. Jovani has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,204 | 168 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,172 | 177 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,294 | 148 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #1,171 | 174 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #1,135 | 179 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #1,039 | 195 |
| 2019 | — | #1,144 | 170 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,207 | 155 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,121 | 171 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,035 | 192 | |
| 2015 | — | #958 | 215 | |
| 2014 | — | #923 | 231 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #922 | 222 |
| 2012 | — | #807 | 275 | |
| 2011 | — | #768 | 292 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #764 | 293 |
| 2009 | — | #695 | 346 | |
| 2008 | — | #787 | 278 | |
| 2007 | — | #764 | 288 | |
| 2006 | — | #695 | 319 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #729 | 277 |
| 2004 | — | #757 | 242 | |
| 2003 | — | #783 | 224 | |
| 2002 | — | #798 | 216 | |
| 2001 | — | #740 | 236 | |
| 2000 | — | #875 | 180 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #940 | 155 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #962 | 144 |
| 1997 | — | #957 | 139 | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #1,025 | 120 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,069 | 110 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #1,096 | 105 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #1,007 | 118 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #1,097 | 100 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #1,155 | 91 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,226 | 80 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,433 | 58 |
| 1988 | — | #1,355 | 58 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #3,838 | 10 |
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| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
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| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jovani! It came in at #5,227, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jovani
- 32 spots since 2024 (#1,172 → #1,204)
- 165 spots since 2020 (#1,039 → #1,204)
- 246 spots since 2015 (#958 → #1,204)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 2001 (#875 → #740)
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 2013 (#807 → #922)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2009 at #695 (346 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1997–2015
- Highest: 1 in 5,733 boys born in 2009 were named Jovani (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,167 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.4% of all boys named Jovani (2,606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #4,157 (1978) | #4,949 |
| 1980s | 312 | #1,355 (1988) | #2,246 |
| 1990s | 1,162 | #940 (1999) | #1,053 |
| 2000s | 2,606 | #695 (2009) | #762 |
| 2010s | 2,216 | #764 (2010) | #965 |
| 2020s | 1,041 | #1,039 (2020) | #1,169 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jovani in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 194,779 of them was named Jovani, which outranked 44.6% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,132Zenab10
- #8,132Zissy10
- #8,132Zoi10
- #8,812Jovani9
- #8,812Aarion9
- #8,812Abagael9
- #8,812Adaisha9
- #9,581Aaliah8
- #9,581Aaminah8
- #9,581Abbygale8
Tied with 768 names at #8,812; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 15,786 of them was named Jovani, which outranked 90.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,021Nehemiah122
- #1,021Nikhil122
- #1,021Reno122
- #1,025Jovani120
- #1,025Jamari120
- #1,025Mckenzie120
- #1,025Nicklaus120
- #1,030Coleton119
- #1,030Courtland119
- #1,030Donavon119
Tied with 4 names at #1,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.