Javon
- Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902
- #1,196 for boys in 2025, 169 births
- Given to boys 95.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 742 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,646since 1960
Javon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Javon has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,196 | 169 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,204 | 169 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,137 | 185 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,171 | 174 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,119 | 182 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,119 | 176 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,144 | 170 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,040 | 195 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #968 | 214 |
| 2016 | — | #946 | 220 | |
| 2015 | — | #853 | 263 | |
| 2014 | — | #775 | 301 | |
| 2013 | — | #747 | 309 | |
| 2012 | — | #727 | 320 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #600 | 412 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #571 | 445 |
| 2009 | — | #490 | 555 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #445 | 629 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #407 | 715 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #410 | 714 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #403 | 703 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #403 | 647 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #447 | 562 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #402 | 627 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #357 | 742 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #371 | 705 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #412 | 571 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #419 | 552 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #396 | 592 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #418 | 542 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #417 | 544 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #450 | 500 |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 | #442 | 497 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #497 | 407 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | #484 | 416 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #535 | 343 |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 | #583 | 280 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #637 | 224 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | #661 | 190 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | #676 | 177 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | #715 | 153 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #808 | 117 |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 | #758 | 130 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 | #819 | 117 |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 | #870 | 104 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | #889 | 102 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | #906 | 93 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | #841 | 104 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #819 | 108 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #929 | 81 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #1,191 | 50 |
| 1974 | — | #1,335 | 41 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #2,311 | 13 |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1960
The first year at least five boys were named Javon! It came in at #4,038, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Javon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #450 | 10 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Indiana | #668 | 9 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Georgia | #673 | 14 | 1 in 3,587 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Ohio | #710 | 12 | 1 in 4,378 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| Florida | #1,056 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 6 | 1 in 8,578 |
| Texas | #1,294 | 15 | 1 in 11,670 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 8 spots since 2024 (#1,204 → #1,196)
- 77 spots since 2020 (#1,119 → #1,196)
- Biggest jump: 262 spots in 1976
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2012
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2001 at #357 (742 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1976–2017
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,618
- Highest: 1 in 2,618 boys born in 2001 were named Javon (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,107 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 37.4% of all boys named Javon (6,599) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32 | #2,308 (1969) | #2,886 |
| 1970s | 553 | #819 (1977) | #1,500 |
| 1980s | 1,594 | #583 (1989) | #742 |
| 1990s | 4,964 | #396 (1997) | #447 |
| 2000s | 6,599 | #357 (2001) | #414 |
| 2010s | 2,849 | #571 (2010) | #837 |
| 2020s | 1,055 | #1,119 (2021) | #1,158 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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