Javel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Javel

The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Javel between 1982 and 2018, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Javel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Javel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Javel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Javel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Javel 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 180 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.