Boys' name · since 1993
Javelle
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 124 babies named Javelle, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,016 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,159 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Javelle currently ranks #11159 among boys' names in America, with 124 babies recorded since 1993.
Javelle has 124 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11159 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #16,016 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,159 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Javelle ranks #16,016 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,159 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 124 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,016 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,159 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Javelle's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Javelle compares
124 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Javelle's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Javelle | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Javelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Javelle splits its recorded history at 2005: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Javelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Javelle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (44 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Javelle's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Javelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 44 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Javelle's decade-level peak was the 1990s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Javelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Javelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.