Jovan Boy
How popular is Jovan?
#1,743 boy name in 2025
93 baby boys were named Jovan in the US in 2025, making it the 1743rd most popular boy name.
Jovan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,743 for boys (▼ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 93 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,157 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (270 boys) |
| Highest rank | #554 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jovan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jovan family of names ranked #1,268 for boys in 2025 (#1,333 the year before), with 124 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jovan | 93 | 75% |
| Jovon | 15 | 12% |
| Jovin | 11 | 9% |
| Joven | 5 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jovan is most popular
Babies named Jovan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (76 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 boys)
Jovan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,536 |
| 1970s | 831 | #554 |
| 1980s | 2,159 | #567 |
| 1990s | 2,452 | #620 |
| 2000s | 2,378 | #671 |
| 2010s | 1,520 | #1,019 |
| 2020s | 638 | #1,398 |
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Questions
- Is Jovan a boy or girl name?
- Jovan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jovan were boys.
- How popular is the name Jovan?
- 93 baby boys were named Jovan in the US in 2025, making it the 1743rd most popular boy name.
- When was Jovan most popular?
- Jovan peaked in 1998, when 270 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #554 in 1979.
- How many people are named Jovan?
- 11,063 babies have been named Jovan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,726 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Jovan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jovan was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.