Jovi
#1,036 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jovi has been given to 2,977 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #1,036 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 241 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.
Babies named Jovi, 2025
1 in 13,800
Jovi over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jovi over time
In 2025, Jovi went to 82% girls and 18% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jovi?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 13,800
- 241 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 6,670
- 0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #1,036
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 9,536 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jovi sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 9,536 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jovi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jovis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jovi was born before 2020 — so the typical Jovi is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 52.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 2,257
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 52.9% of all recorded uses (1,193).
Is Jovi 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
- +21
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +531
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,452
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 3.30×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (241)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.9% average annual change
Spellings of Jovi
Jovi is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 25.5% against Jovi's 0.12%.
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 Jovi is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Jovi was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,370 girls, against 1 in 11,070 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.
Where Jovi is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Jovi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 474,914 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Maryland1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
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. Jovi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Jovi around the world
Where Jovi 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 & Wales2000–2025#3,333in 2025
- Northern Ireland2022–2022#418in 2022
- Canada2009–2024#1,709in 2024
- South Australia2009–2011#840in 2011
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Jovi by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Jovi
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Jovi
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jovi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Jovi
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.