Jovon
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 90.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 80 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,727since 1972
Jovon over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,742 | 21 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,362 | 23 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,480 | 22 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,793 | 28 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,249 | 35 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,293 | 34 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,895 | 39 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,517 | 49 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,232 | 58 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,203 | 60 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,161 | 62 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,830 | 79 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,943 | 69 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,312 | 46 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,046 | 53 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,504 | 80 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,655 | 64 |
| 1998 | — | #1,536 | 70 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,519 | 68 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,533 | 65 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,417 | 70 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,303 | 80 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,266 | 80 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,187 | 88 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,282 | 76 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #1,278 | 75 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #1,228 | 76 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #1,249 | 67 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #1,175 | 67 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #1,102 | 72 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,268 | 57 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #1,347 | 48 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | #1,124 | 66 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #1,014 | 80 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | #1,241 | 55 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #1,214 | 54 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | #1,390 | 43 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jovon! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Jovon is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#386 · 1 in 4,837
- Virginia#483 · 1 in 6,913
- Illinois#560 · 1 in 7,694
- Ohio#612 · 1 in 13,440
- California#1,057 · 1 in 22,320
Best ever in a state: #241 in District of Columbia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #386 | 5 | 1 in 4,837 |
| Virginia | #483 | 5 | 1 in 6,913 |
| Illinois | #560 | 11 | 1 in 7,694 |
| Ohio | #612 | 6 | 1 in 13,440 |
| California | #1,057 | 9 | 1 in 22,320 |
| New York | #1,095 | 5 | 1 in 22,708 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jovon
- 971 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #5,861)
- 1,720 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #5,861)
- 1,150 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #5,861)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1981 at #1,014 (80 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,390 boys born in 1981 were named Jovon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.0% of all boys named Jovon (736) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1973, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 230 | #1,214 (1978) | #2,632 |
| 1980s | 652 | #1,014 (1981) | #1,187 |
| 1990s | 736 | #1,187 (1992) | #1,398 |
| 2000s | 634 | #1,504 (2000) | #1,985 |
| 2010s | 363 | #2,232 (2011) | #3,317 |
| 2020s | 112 | #4,141 (2020) | #5,231 |
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.
Jovon in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 57,519 of them was named Jovon, which outranked 75.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,928Willa30
- #2,928Yecenia30
- #2,928Zachary30
- #2,986Jovon29
- #2,986Agatha29
- #2,986Alejandrina29
- #2,986Alvina29
- #3,066Aaliyah28
- #3,066Adelaida28
- #3,066Aide28
Tied with 79 names at #2,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 22,390 of them was named Jovon, which outranked 86.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,009Jace81
- #1,009Kennith81
- #1,009Uriah81
- #1,014Jovon80
- #1,014Barton80
- #1,014Bjorn80
- #1,014Jakob80
- #1,024Cade79
- #1,024Horacio79
- #1,024Jairo79
Tied with 9 names at #1,014; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.