Jovanda — girls' name
18 babies named Jovanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Jovanda was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Jovanda in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jovanda
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Jovanda between 1979 and 1985, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jovanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovanda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jovanda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jovanda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jovanda 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 18 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.
Jovanda at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jovanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
18 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 7 births in a single year.
Jovanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 61% of Jovanda's all-time total
Jovanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jovanda's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Jovanda by state
Where Jovanda concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 27.8% |
5 of 18 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 27.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 27.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1979–1985 (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.