Boys' name · since 1993
Jontavis
Jontavis has 36 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 36
- total births
- 1993–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
Jontavis sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 36 recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Jontavis recorded 36 times among boys since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2008.
- 36 total births
- 1993–2008 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 56% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jontavis's 36 recorded births place it above 46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jontavis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jontavis's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jontavis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Jontavis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jontavis's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jontavis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 20 births (56% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1993–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jontavis: Baby Name Since 1993 - 36 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jontavis. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jontavis 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 July 2026.