Jovanni
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #10,383 · #1,118 for boys in 2025, 191 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 316 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,835since 1978
Jovanni over time
Rank among boys' names. Jovanni has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | — | #1,118 | 191 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,108 | 193 | |
| 2023 | — | #893 | 260 | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #881 | 269 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #922 | 246 |
| 2020 | — | #968 | 224 | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #968 | 221 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #1,040 | 195 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #987 | 207 |
| 2016 | — | #1,049 | 188 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,049 | 189 | |
| 2014 | — | #938 | 224 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #858 | 249 |
| 2012 | — | #734 | 316 | |
| 2011 | — | #838 | 257 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #823 | 260 |
| 2009 | — | #768 | 297 | |
| 2008 | — | #909 | 228 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #851 | 248 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #776 | 267 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #786 | 247 |
| 2004 | — | #888 | 195 | |
| 2003 | — | #913 | 182 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #996 | 157 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #1,000 | 152 |
| 2000 | — | #1,107 | 127 | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #1,174 | 110 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,146 | 109 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #1,333 | 84 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,112 | 107 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #1,221 | 90 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #1,345 | 75 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #1,254 | 82 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,546 | 57 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #1,359 | 69 |
| 1990 | — | #1,259 | 77 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #1,590 | 50 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,849 | 36 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jovanni! It came in at #5,772, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1980, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jovanni is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#535 · 1 in 3,680
- Illinois#715 · 1 in 4,936
- New Jersey#719 · 1 in 5,191
- Arizona#720 · 1 in 5,149
- California#736 · 1 in 6,046
Best ever in a state: #284 in Massachusetts, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #535 | 8 | 1 in 3,680 |
| Illinois | #715 | 13 | 1 in 4,936 |
| New Jersey | #719 | 8 | 1 in 5,191 |
| Arizona | #720 | 7 | 1 in 5,149 |
| California | #736 | 37 | 1 in 6,046 |
| Washington | #767 | 7 | 1 in 5,291 |
| Florida | #789 | 16 | 1 in 6,121 |
| Texas | #792 | 29 | 1 in 6,387 |
| Georgia | #996 | 7 | 1 in 7,682 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,039 | 6 | 1 in 9,872 |
| Michigan | #1,098 | 5 | 1 in 9,549 |
| New York | #1,314 | 8 | 1 in 12,500 |
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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 Jovanni
- 10 spots since 2024 (#1,108 → #1,118)
- 150 spots since 2020 (#968 → #1,118)
- 69 spots since 2015 (#1,049 → #1,118)
- Biggest jump: 141 spots in 2009 (#909 → #768)
- Biggest drop: 215 spots in 2024 (#893 → #1,108)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2012 at #734 (316 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2001–2014
- Highest: 1 in 6,003 boys born in 2012 were named Jovanni (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,943 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.7% of all boys named Jovanni (2,306) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,772 (1978) | #5,772 |
| 1980s | 181 | #1,590 (1989) | #3,136 |
| 1990s | 860 | #1,112 (1996) | #1,275 |
| 2000s | 2,100 | #768 (2009) | #899 |
| 2010s | 2,306 | #734 (2012) | #928 |
| 2020s | 1,383 | #881 (2022) | #982 |
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.
Jovanni in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 10,094 of them was named Jovanni, which outranked 92.6% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,045Carsen189
- #1,045Jadon189
- #1,045Zack189
- #1,049Jovanni188
- #1,049Camryn188
- #1,049Colson188
- #1,049Elvis188
- #1,055Bastian187
- #1,055Bear187
- #1,055Clinton187
Tied with 5 names at #1,049; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.