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Jovon

#5,988 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Jovon has been given to 3,016 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #5,988 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 88 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Jovon, 2025

1 in 221,000

Jovon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jovon over time

In 2025, Jovon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19602025

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.

Jovon: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Jovon means

Jovon is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jovon is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Jovon is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,727 boys were recorded with the name Jovon between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 88 in 1992; its best national rank was #1,017 in 1981.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,208 in 2020 to #5,988 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,800 in 2015 to #5,988 in 2025.

In the United States, 289 girls were recorded with the name Jovon between 1960 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 29 in 1981; its best national rank was #3,021 in 1981.

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 Jovon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 114,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,988
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jovon 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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jovon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jovons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jovon was born before 1996 — so the typical Jovon is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
27.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,727
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 27.0% of all recorded uses (736).

Is Jovon 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
+1,042
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,780
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,188
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
17.0%
Peak was 1992 (88)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,017
1981

Spellings of Jovon

Jovon is not the most common spelling — John is, with 76.3% against Jovon's 0.04%.

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 Jovon is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jovon was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 100,177 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 33,333
  2. 2Michigan1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4District of Columbia1 in 100,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 100,000
  6. 6New York1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Virginia1 in 100,000

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. Jovon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jovon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jovon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,507,166 across all states with data. It was least common in Missouri (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Missouri1 in —

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. Jovon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jovon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,988
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,780
Best rank ever
#1,017
1981
Peak year
1992
88 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,727
Count in 2025
15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,021
1981
Peak year
1981
29 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
1999
All-time count
289
Count in 2025
Under 5

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

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Names with a curve like Jovon

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

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Sibling names for Jovon

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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