Jovani — #1172 US boys' name
7,185 babies named Jovani in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Jovani was born in this single decade.
346 babies were named Jovani in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jovani
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,185 babies named Jovani between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jovani currently holds the #1172 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 346 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,606 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jovani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,598 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jovani in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jovani 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 7,185 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.
Jovani at a glance
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Current rank
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Jovani popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2009)
- 346
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #1172 among boys.
7,185 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 346 births in a single year.
Jovani popularity over time — girls
135 total births recorded since 1980 (Jovani as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jovani accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jovani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,606 births that decade — 36% of Jovani's all-time total
Jovani decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,606 births
- Runner-up 2,215 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jovani's strongest decade
2,606 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Jovani by state
Where Jovani concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,598 | 22.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 931 | 13.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 651 | 9.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 435 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 431 | 6.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 212 | 3.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 164 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 158 | 2.2% |
1,598 of 7,185 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 22.2% of nationwide
- Texas 13.0% of nationwide
- Florida 9.1% of nationwide
- New York 6.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 22.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Jovani appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1974–2024 (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.