How rare is the name Jovani?

5,955 people in the United States have the first name Jovani, about 1 in 50,719. It ranks #3,481 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JOVANI

#3,481

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,955
About
1 in 50,719
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,955 people named Jovani, 85.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% as Black and 5.7% as White. 97.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jovani peaked in 2009, when 346 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
346
In 2025*
168 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,490 babies have been given the name since 1974. 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.

Jovani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,691. The largest share of babies named Jovani, 52.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#17,51118
1980s#4,495333
1990s#2,3421,233
2000s#1,6912,611
2010s#2,0412,228
2020s#2,4131,067
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–9614.7%
Generation Z 1997–1252.5%
2013 and later32.4%

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 Jovani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jovani has been most common in Florida (3.4×), Arizona (3.1×), and California (2.8×), and least common in Ohio (0.12×).

5,753 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 Jovani

1 other first name also has 5,955 people.

#3,481 Allyssa · 5,955

Either side of Jovani

#3,480 Roscoe · 5,963#3,481 Allyssa · 5,955#3,483 Jagger · 5,953#3,483 Unique · 5,953

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,633 Jovan · 9,013#4,109 Jovanni · 4,690#4,482 Jovany · 4,142#6,596 Jovana · 2,415#24,232 Jovanie · 399#30,234 Jobani · 289#39,134 Jovann · 194#42,480 Jovane · 169

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