Recorded 1990–2020 Boys' name Peak 2004 173 births

Jovahn — boys' name

173 babies named Jovahn in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s572000s812010s282020s7
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Jovahn was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

10 babies were named Jovahn in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jovahn

The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Jovahn between 1990 and 2020, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jovahn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovahn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jovahn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jovahn 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 173 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.

Jovahn at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

173

Since 1990

31 years of records

Peak year

2004

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1990

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2020

Jovahn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1990

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2004)
10
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
4681012 202020122008200520021999199619931990 5

Jovahn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
81 births that decade — 47% of Jovahn's all-time total
1990s572000s812010s282020s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jovahn?
173 babies have been named Jovahn since 1990. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2004 with 10 births.
When was Jovahn most popular?
Jovahn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 81 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Jovahn been used?
Jovahn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 31 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Jovahn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jovan, Jovani, Jovanni, Jovanny, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1990–2020 (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.