Jonavan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jonavan

The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Jonavan between 1990 and 2017, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jonavan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonavan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jonavan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonavan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonavan 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 241 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.