Jovina

#12,489 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Jovina has been given to 69 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #12,489 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1975, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Jovina, 2025

1 in 474,000

Jovina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jovina: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jovina means

Jovina is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jovina is used in Faroese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 69 girls were recorded with the name Jovina between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1975; its best national rank was #5,710 in 1975.

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.

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How common is Jovina?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,489; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jovina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jovina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jovinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jovina was born before 1984 — so the typical Jovina is around 41 today.

Median birth year: 1984; About 41 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 29.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 37.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 69; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 29.0% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Jovina 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: +254; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 70.0%; Peak was 1975 (10)
Years since peak: 50; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,710; 1975

Spellings of Jovina

Jovina is not the most common spelling — Joanna is, with 43.1% against Jovina's 0.03%.

Joanna43.1%111,761
Corina6.1%15,925
Davina4.4%11,380
Alvina4.1%10,502
Johnna3.9%10,029
Joana3.1%7,944
Romina2.8%7,247
Johana2.7%6,967

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.

Jovina by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,489
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #5,710; 1975
Peak year: 1975; 10 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 69
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Jovina

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

Jovia Joviana Sofina Rejina Jovona Aylina Zalina Masina Zamina Aalina Ravina Kamina Yasina Ailina Navina Valina Yalina Mubina Jovial Yelina Milina Jovani Jovee Zafina

Sibling names for Jovina

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

For a sister

Karie Kesha Nakia Karrie Melonie Mandi Sharla Lucretia

For a brother

Shon Scot Edwardo Tracey Torrey Stacey Berry Andrea

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