Recorded 1966–2025 · United States
Jovan was most popular in 1979, when 329 American babies were given the name — ranking #999 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,721, with 93 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 11,063 people named Jovan.
Jovan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1966, which makes it about 59 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 60 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 11,063 American births named Jovan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 10,702 are estimated to be alive today.
93 American babies were named Jovan in 2025, ranking #3,721 that year.
Jovan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 103 births a year, against 168 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -39% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jovan is mostly a boy’s name — 9.8% of the 11,063 Americans given it were girls and 90.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 10,702 Americans named Jovan are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 30 years old, and half are between 19 and 40.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org