Boys' name · since 1935
Javis
Javis has 869 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,611 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,841 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 869
- born since 1935
- 1990s
- peak decade
Javis currently ranks #10841 among boys' names in America, with 869 babies recorded since 1935.
Javis has 869 recorded births among boys since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10841 as of the latest data, more common than 22% 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 1935 to 2025.
- #5,611 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,841 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 869 born since 1935
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Javis ranks #5,611 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,841 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 869 born since 1935, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,611 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,841 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 869
- born since 1935
- 1990s
- peak decade
Javis's 869 recorded births place it above 87.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Javis compares
869 Top 34% higher than 66% of 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
Javis's all-time total is 136% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Javis | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 869 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Javis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Javis's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1935, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Javis popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Javis popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1994 (Javis as girls' name)
Javis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (233 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Javis's strongest decade.
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Javis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
107 births
- 1980s
1980s
185 births
- 1990s
1990s
233 births
- 2000s
2000s
176 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 233 births (27% of all-time use).
How Javis compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Javis's total volume
Javis by state
Where Javis concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 17 | 2.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
17 of 869 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Javis's decade-level peak was the 1990s (233 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Javiss (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Javis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1935–2025 (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 Javis 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.