Jovita
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,505
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 62 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,292since 1903
Jovita over time
Rank among girls' names. Jovita has never cracked the top 900 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,417 | 56 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,101 | 45 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 | — | |
| 1935 | #974 | 50 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,176 | 37 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,148 | 39 | — | |
| 1930 | #926 | 62 | — | |
| 1929 | #951 | 57 | — | |
| 1928 | #994 | 56 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,010 | 57 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,032 | 52 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 54 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,231 | 40 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,508 | 30 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Jovita! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jovita is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#335 · 1 in 1,885
- California#430 · 1 in 3,970
Best ever in a state: #224 in Arizona, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #335 | 32 | 1 in 1,885 |
| California | #430 | 9 | 1 in 3,970 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Jovita
- 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
- 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #11,932)
- 1,074 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1935 (#1,098 → #974)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1931 (#926 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1930 at #926 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1928–1930
- Highest: 1 in 18,160 girls born in 1930 were named Jovita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.4% of all girls named Jovita (442) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 45 | #1,364 (1904) | #1,548 |
| 1910s | 150 | #1,445 (1919) | #1,897 |
| 1920s | 442 | #951 (1929) | #1,210 |
| 1930s | 424 | #926 (1930) | #1,104 |
| 1940s | 324 | #1,101 (1941) | #1,571 |
| 1950s | 438 | #1,344 (1953) | #1,560 |
| 1960s | 305 | #1,742 (1961) | #2,206 |
| 1970s | 374 | #2,023 (1975) | #2,249 |
| 1980s | 344 | #2,227 (1984) | #2,866 |
| 1990s | 220 | #3,422 (1995) | #4,825 |
| 2000s | 128 | #5,705 (2000) | #9,045 |
| 2010s | 62 | #9,109 (2012) | #11,366 |
| 2020s | 36 | #11,122 (2024) | #12,104 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jovita in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 19,589 of them was named Jovita, which outranked 82.0% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).