Hovannes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hovannes

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Hovannes between 1987 and 1997, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hovannes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hovannes performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hovannes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hovannes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hovannes 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 22 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.