How rare is the name Jovan?

9,013 people in the United States have the first name Jovan, about 1 in 33,511. It ranks #2,633 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JOVAN

#2,633

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,013
About
1 in 33,511
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,013 people named Jovan, 42.1% reported their origin as Black, 33.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.1% as White. 89.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jovan peaked in 1979, when 329 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
329
In 2025*
93 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,063 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jovan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,177. The largest share of babies named Jovan, 39.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#1,8581,091
1980s#1,1772,798
1990s#1,4282,621
2000s#1,8112,389
2010s#2,6651,520
2020s#3,417638
Generation X 1965–8012.6%
Millennials 1981–9639.2%
Generation Z 1997–1233.5%
2013 and later14.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jovan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jovan has been most common in Florida (2.5×), Illinois (2.2×), and California (2×), and least common in Indiana (0.29×).

8,179 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jovan

1 other first name also has 9,013 people.

#2,633 Huy · 9,013

Either side of Jovan

#2,632 Amal · 9,015#2,633 Huy · 9,013#2,635 Kamari · 9,011#2,636 Han · 9,006

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jovan, most common first.

#3,481 Jovani · 5,955#4,482 Jovany · 4,142#6,596 Jovana · 2,415#7,279 Jovon · 2,111#11,765 Joven · 1,076#20,986 Jovian · 488#31,475 Jovin · 272#39,134 Jovann · 194

Also a last name

As a last name, Jovan ranks #122,574 of 156,621, with 148 people. See Jovan as a last name

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