Jovan
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #13,844 · #1,743 for boys in 2025, 93 births
Given to boys 90.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 240 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,984since 1966
Jovan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,743 | 93 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,735 | 95 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,744 | 94 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,551 | 115 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,514 | 117 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,398 | 124 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,523 | 111 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,617 | 101 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,314 | 137 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,288 | 141 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,157 | 162 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,128 | 170 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,080 | 173 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,135 | 161 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,073 | 174 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,019 | 190 | |
| 2009 | — | #920 | 225 | |
| 2008 | — | #886 | 237 | |
| 2007 | — | #868 | 239 | |
| 2006 | — | #844 | 239 | |
| 2005 | — | #875 | 209 | |
| 2004 | — | #750 | 247 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #767 | 230 |
| 2002 | — | #777 | 222 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #671 | 270 |
| 2000 | — | #682 | 260 | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #652 | 265 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #648 | 270 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #699 | 228 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #767 | 192 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #697 | 231 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #691 | 228 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #645 | 256 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #643 | 257 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #629 | 260 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 | #622 | 265 |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 | #645 | 240 |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 | #623 | 230 |
| 1987 | #2,236 | 48 | #645 | 201 |
| 1986 | #1,910 | 58 | #589 | 227 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | #621 | 199 |
| 1984 | #1,604 | 69 | #614 | 192 |
| 1983 | #1,522 | 74 | #609 | 198 |
| 1982 | #1,417 | 86 | #567 | 228 |
| 1981 | #1,368 | 90 | #569 | 226 |
| 1980 | #1,552 | 75 | #581 | 218 |
| 1979 | #1,377 | 89 | #554 | 240 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 | #609 | 188 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 | #643 | 175 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #737 | 128 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | #1,191 | 50 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jovan! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jovan is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Illinois#320 · 1 in 2,979
- Virginia#354 · 1 in 3,764
- New York#363 · 1 in 3,751
- Michigan#385 · 1 in 5,180
- South Carolina#393 · 1 in 3,582
Best ever in a state: #163 in Rhode Island, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #320 | 29 | 1 in 2,979 |
| Virginia | #354 | 9 | 1 in 3,764 |
| New York | #363 | 30 | 1 in 3,751 |
| Michigan | #385 | 13 | 1 in 5,180 |
| South Carolina | #393 | 6 | 1 in 3,582 |
| Louisiana | #430 | 10 | 1 in 3,656 |
| North Carolina | #447 | 7 | 1 in 5,482 |
| Ohio | #455 | 11 | 1 in 7,416 |
| Indiana | #508 | 5 | 1 in 8,349 |
| Florida | #527 | 10 | 1 in 5,975 |
| Pennsylvania | #545 | 7 | 1 in 10,945 |
| Georgia | #555 | 6 | 1 in 6,864 |
| New Jersey | #564 | 5 | 1 in 8,546 |
| California | #598 | 24 | 1 in 8,011 |
| Texas | #838 | 10 | 1 in 13,344 |
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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.
See more about Jovan
- 8 spots since 2024 (#1,735 → #1,743)
- 345 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,743)
- 586 spots since 2015 (#1,157 → #1,743)
- Biggest jump: 454 spots in 1976 (#1,191 → #737)
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 2005 (#750 → #875)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1979 at #554 (240 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1976–2009
- Highest: 1 in 7,079 boys born in 1998 were named Jovan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,366 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #554 in 1979, was only 1 in 7,173 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.6% of all boys named Jovan (2,452) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,537 |
| 1970s | 831 | #554 (1979) | #2,128 |
| 1980s | 2,159 | #567 (1982) | #606 |
| 1990s | 2,452 | #622 (1990) | #669 |
| 2000s | 2,378 | #671 (2001) | #804 |
| 2010s | 1,520 | #1,019 (2010) | #1,233 |
| 2020s | 638 | #1,398 (2020) | #1,614 |
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.
Jovan in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 22,137 of them was named Jovan, which outranked 87.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,542Shyla76
- #1,542Tonisha76
- #1,542Valentina76
- #1,552Jovan75
- #1,552Antonette75
- #1,552Delana75
- #1,552Ellie75
- #1,570Arica74
- #1,570Clarice74
- #1,570Cristi74
Tied with 17 names at #1,552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 8,183 of them was named Jovan, which outranked 92.0% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).