Boys' name · since 1974
Javad
Javad has 57 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 57
- total births
- 1974–2003
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Javad sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 57 recorded since 1974.
Javad has 57 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2003.
- 57 total births
- 1974–2003 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Javad's 57 recorded births place it above 53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Javad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Javad's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Javad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2003
- Peak year (1986)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2003.
57 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 9 births in a single year.
Javad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Javad's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Javad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 34 births (60% of all-time use).
Javad decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Javad's decade-level peak was the 1980s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Javad: Baby Name Since 1974 - 57 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/javad. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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