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Jovian

#4,084 in 2025Boys' name

From Latin Ioviānus; literal meaning unconfirmed

Jovian has been given to 564 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #4,084 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 32 recorded.

Babies named Jovian, 2025

1 in 128,000

Jovian over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jovian: meaning, origin, and history

From Latin Ioviānus; literal meaning unconfirmed

Latin

What Jovian means

Jovian is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jovian is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Jovian comes through Latin Ioviānus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Jovian is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vi.ən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 559 boys were recorded with the name Jovian between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 2018; its best national rank was #3,472 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,778 in 2020 to #4,084 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,631 in 2015 to #4,084 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Jovian between 1997 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1997; its best national rank was #14,784 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jovian?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 65,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,084
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jovian 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jovian. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jovians were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jovian was born before 2015 — so the typical Jovian is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
559
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.5% of all recorded uses (221).

Is Jovian 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
−157
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+694
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−453
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.87×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.3%
Peak was 2018 (32)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,472
2018

Spellings of Jovian

Jovian is not the most common spelling — Jordan is, with 42.6% against Jovian's 0.06%.

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 Jovian is used

Across 1910–2025, Jovian was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 574,265 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Jovian has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jovian around the world

Where Jovian 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
    2005–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2013–2021
    #2,989
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1994–1994
    #531
    in 1994

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jovian by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,084
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 694
Best rank ever
#3,472
2018
Peak year
2018
32 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
559
Count in 2025
26

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,784
1997
Peak year
1997
5 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
1997
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jovian

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

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Sibling names for Jovian

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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