Boys' name · since 1987
Jontavious
443 babies named Jontavious in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 443
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jontavious sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 443 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jontavious has been recorded 443 times among boys since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2023.
- #8,482 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 443 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jontavious ranks #8,482 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 443 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 443
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jontavious's 443 recorded births place it above 81.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Jontavious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jontavious's full recorded timeline at 2004, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jontavious popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Jontavious by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (184 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Jontavious's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jontavious births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
184 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 184 births (42% of all-time use).
Jontavious by state
Where Jontavious concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 118 | 26.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 25 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.1% |
118 of 443 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Jontavious's decade-level peak was the 2000s (184 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.
- Georgia records the most Jontaviouss (118 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Jontavious: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1987–2023 (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 Jontavious 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.