Javonte

Where Javonte comes from

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century. Compare Javon, Javion.
— Wiktionary's entry for Javonte
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Javonte through the years
  1. 1983
    First appearance
    #6,238 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1993
    Javonte Green born
    American basketball player
  3. 1993
    Peak, #677
    229 babies named Javonte, the most in any year.
  4. 1999
    Javonte Smart born
    American basketball player
  5. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,482.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Javonte Green · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Javonte Smart · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Javonte Williams · American football running back, born 2000
  • Javonte Cooke · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Javonte Douglas · American basketball player, born 1992

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.