Is Jovi a boy or girl name?

Jovi is a unisex name. Of the 2,977 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 75.8% were girls and 24.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2005, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Jovi

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Jovi was most popular in 2022, when 300 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,717 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,713, with 294 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,977 people named Jovi.

Jovi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jovi’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jovi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jovi is a unisex name — 75.8% of the 2,977 Americans given it were girls and 24.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2005 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 78% girls and 22% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Jovi

Where Jovi 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