Jovany
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778
- #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 214 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,679since 1978
Jovany over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jovany has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | #2,718 | 47 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,958 | 42 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,614 | 50 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,278 | 36 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,552 | 51 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,658 | 47 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,525 | 52 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,507 | 51 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,532 | 50 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,305 | 57 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,036 | 70 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,794 | 83 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,613 | 95 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,346 | 126 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,097 | 169 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,017 | 191 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,008 | 195 | |
| 2008 | — | #924 | 220 | |
| 2007 | — | #912 | 217 | |
| 2006 | — | #834 | 243 | |
| 2005 | — | #828 | 226 | |
| 2004 | — | #867 | 202 | |
| 2003 | — | #816 | 214 | |
| 2002 | — | #962 | 166 | |
| 2001 | — | #849 | 189 | |
| 2000 | — | #986 | 150 | |
| 1999 | — | #961 | 150 | |
| 1998 | — | #962 | 144 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,058 | 120 | |
| 1996 | — | #999 | 125 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,016 | 119 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #1,192 | 93 |
| 1993 | — | #1,168 | 91 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,049 | 109 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,202 | 85 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,129 | 91 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #1,433 | 58 |
| 1988 | — | #1,618 | 44 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,760 | 35 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Jovany! It came in at #3,400, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1980, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
Where Jovany is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Arizona#844 · 1 in 5,454
- Washington#898 · 1 in 5,466
- Illinois#1,133 · 1 in 8,259
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
Best ever in a state: #324 in Nevada, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arizona | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,454 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
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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
- 240 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,718)
- 60 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 146 spots in 2003
- Biggest drop: 113 spots in 2002
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2003 at #816 (214 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1998–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,458
- Highest: 1 in 8,458 boys born in 2006 were named Jovany (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #816 in 2003, was only 1 in 9,231 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 43.2% of all boys named Jovany (2,022) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 23 | #3,357 (1979) | #3,379 |
| 1980s | 290 | #1,433 (1989) | #2,229 |
| 1990s | 1,127 | #961 (1999) | #1,074 |
| 2000s | 2,022 | #816 (2003) | #899 |
| 2010s | 944 | #1,017 (2010) | #1,877 |
| 2020s | 273 | #2,552 (2021) | #2,796 |
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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