Hovanes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hovanes

The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Hovanes between 1991 and 2011, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hovanes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hovanes performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hovanes shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hovanes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hovanes in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 63 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.