How rare is the name Jovita?

6,712 people in the United States have the first name Jovita, about 1 in 44,999. It ranks #3,208 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOVITA

#3,208

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,712
About
1 in 44,999
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,712 people named Jovita, 73% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jovita peaked in 1930, when 62 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
1930
Births that year
62
In 2025*
7 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,297 babies have been given the name since 1903. 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.

Jovita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,994. The largest share of babies named Jovita, 22.6%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1900s#2,79845
1910s#3,218150
1920s#2,101442
1930s#1,994424
1940s#2,574329
1950s#2,581438
1960s#3,456305
1970s#3,542374
1980s#4,389344
1990s#7,575220
2000s#13,806128
2010s#21,98662
2020s#21,35636
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.6%
Baby boom 1946–6422.1%
Generation X 1965–8016.5%
Millennials 1981–9614.5%
Generation Z 1997–126.1%
2013 and later2.3%

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.

Either side of Jovita

#3,206 Maleah · 6,718#3,207 Eryn · 6,715#3,209 Jai · 6,708#3,210 Madalynn · 6,707

Spelled almost the same

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

#23,000 Jovito · 429#35,884 Jobita · 223

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