Javon — #1204 US boys' name
17,474 babies named Javon in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Javon was born in this single decade.
742 babies were named Javon in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Javon
The Social Security Administration has registered 17,474 babies named Javon between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Javon currently holds the #1204 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 742 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Javon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6,599 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Javon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 1,636 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Javon in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Javon 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 17,474 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.
Javon at a glance
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Current rank
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Javon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2001)
- 742
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #1204 among boys.
17,474 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 742 births in a single year.
Javon popularity over time — girls
760 total births recorded since 1961 (Javon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Javon accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Javon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 6,599 births that decade — 38% of Javon's all-time total
Javon decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,599 births
- Runner-up 4,964 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Javon's strongest decade
6,599 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Javon by state
Where Javon concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 1,636 | 9.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,426 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 1,052 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 963 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 848 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 842 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 822 | 4.7% |
| #8 | California | | 798 | 4.6% |
1,636 of 17,474 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 9.4% of nationwide
- New York 8.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.0% of nationwide
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Javon appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.