Javon

Where Javon comes from

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century. Compare Javion, Jayvion.
— Wiktionary's entry for Javon
Along the way
  1. 1960
    First appearance
    #4,038 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1994
    Javon Francis born
    Jamaican athlete
  4. 2001
    Peak, #357
    742 babies named Javon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2006
    Javon Walton born
    American actor and boxer
  6. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #727.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Javon Francis · Jamaican athlete, born 1994
  • Javon Walton · American actor and boxer, born 2006
  • Javon McCrea · American basketball player, born 1992
  • Javon Hargrave · American football player, born 1993
  • Javon Freeman-Liberty · American basketball player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.