Jovan*
#1,109 most common boys' name of all time · #2,635 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1966–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,109
Rank overall
#2,635 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
11,063
Since 2016
1,128
Peak year
1979 #555
Best rank
#555 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 329/yr
Jovan first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,750 |
| 2024 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,746 |
| 2023 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,556 |
| 2021 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,519 |
| 2020 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,401 |
| 2019 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,526 |
| 2018 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,621 |
| 2017 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,316 |
| 2016 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,293 |
| 2015 | — | 162 | 162 | #1,158 |
| 2014 | — | 170 | 170 | #1,128 |
| 2013 | — | 173 | 173 | #1,082 |
| 2012 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,139 |
| 2011 | — | 174 | 174 | #1,076 |
| 2010 | — | 190 | 190 | #1,021 |
| 2009 | — | 225 | 225 | #923 |
| 2008 | — | 237 | 237 | #888 |
| 2007 | — | 239 | 239 | #870 |
| 2006 | — | 239 | 239 | #844 |
| 2005 | — | 209 | 209 | #875 |
| 2004 | — | 247 | 247 | #751 |
| 2003 | 6 | 230 | 236 | #768 |
| 2002 | — | 222 | 222 | #778 |
| 2001 | 5 | 270 | 275 | #673 |
| 2000 | — | 260 | 260 | #682 |
| 1999 | 12 | 265 | 277 | #655 |
| 1998 | 7 | 270 | 277 | #649 |
| 1997 | 5 | 228 | 233 | #700 |
| 1996 | 8 | 192 | 200 | #768 |
| 1995 | 20 | 231 | 251 | #697 |
| 1994 | 12 | 228 | 240 | #692 |
| 1993 | 22 | 256 | 278 | #645 |
| 1992 | 24 | 257 | 281 | #644 |
| 1991 | 25 | 260 | 285 | #632 |
| 1990 | 34 | 265 | 299 | #622 |
| 1989 | 34 | 240 | 274 | #647 |
| 1988 | 33 | 230 | 263 | #623 |
| 1987 | 48 | 201 | 249 | #645 |
| 1986 | 58 | 227 | 285 | #590 |
| 1985 | 72 | 199 | 271 | #622 |
| 1984 | 69 | 192 | 261 | #616 |
| 1983 | 74 | 198 | 272 | #610 |
| 1982 | 86 | 228 | 314 | #569 |
| 1981 | 90 | 226 | 316 | #570 |
| 1980 | 75 | 218 | 293 | #583 |
| 1979 | 89 | 240 | 329 | #555 |
| 1978 | 63 | 188 | 251 | #609 |
| 1977 | 47 | 175 | 222 | #644 |
| 1976 | 34 | 128 | 162 | #738 |
| 1975 | 19 | 50 | 69 | #1,206 |
| 1974 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #2,446 |
| 1973 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,832 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,472 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,283 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,787 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,939 |