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Jovana

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Jovana was most popular in 2001, when 185 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,970 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,048 people named Jovana.

Most popular in2001
Rank that year#1,970
Births that year185
Total since 18802,048
Given to100% girls
Alive today~2,000
Median age25

Jovana over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Jovana’s peak in 2001. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Jovana?

Jovana first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1975, which makes it about 50 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 51 years since.

How many people are named Jovana?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,048 American births named Jovana 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 2,015 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Jovana in 2025?

8 American babies were named Jovana in 2025, ranking #18,449 that year.

Is Jovana getting more or less popular?

Jovana is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 16 births a year, against 24 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -35% 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.

Is Jovana a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jovana is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,048 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

How old is someone named Jovana?

Roughly 2,015 Americans named Jovana are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 25 years old, and half are between 20 and 34.

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.

Where Jovana is most concentrated

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