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Javon

#1,198 in 2025Boys' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Javon has been given to 18,406 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #1,198 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 742 recorded.

Babies named Javon, 2025

1 in 19,600

Javon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Javon: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Javon means

Javon is a modern given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Javon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Javon is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Javon is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17,646 boys were recorded with the name Javon between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 742 in 2001; its best national rank was #357 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,120 in 2020 to #1,198 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #853 in 2015 to #1,198 in 2025.

In the United States, 760 girls were recorded with the name Javon between 1961 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 38 in 1981; its best national rank was #2,506 in 1981.

How common is Javon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 19,600
169 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,198
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Javon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 13,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Javon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Javons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Javon was born before 2002 — so the typical Javon is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
37.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
17,646
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 37.4% of all recorded uses (6,599).

Is Javon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+6
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−78
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−345
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.64×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.8%
Peak was 2001 (742)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#357
2001

Spellings of Javon

Javon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 23.6% against Javon's 0.40%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Javon is used

Across 2016–2025, Javon was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 3,333 boys, against 1 in 9,186 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

130 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 3,333
  2. 2Georgia1 in 4,348
  3. 3Michigan1 in 4,348
  4. 4Indiana1 in 4,762
  5. 5Ohio1 in 5,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 5,556
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 5,882
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 6,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Javon around the world

Where Javon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Javon

People whose public names include Javon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Javon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,198
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 78
Best rank ever
#357
2001
Peak year
2001
742 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
17,646
Count in 2025
169

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,506
1981
Peak year
1981
38 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2017
All-time count
760
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Javon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Javon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Javon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SkylarOsvaldoDevenNikolasBrendenTreyDashawnBrennanBrennenDeshawnZackarySkyler

Sibling names for Javon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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