Jovanni — #1113 US boys' name
6,641 babies named Jovanni in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2012. 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.
35% of everyone ever named Jovanni was born in this single decade.
315 babies were named Jovanni in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jovanni
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,641 babies named Jovanni between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jovanni currently holds the #1113 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 315 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovanni performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,305 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jovanni shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,551 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jovanni in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jovanni 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 6,641 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.
Jovanni at a glance
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Current rank
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Jovanni popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2012)
- 315
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #1113 among boys.
6,641 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 315 births in a single year.
Jovanni popularity over time — girls
192 total births recorded since 1983 (Jovanni as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jovanni accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jovanni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,305 births that decade — 35% of Jovanni's all-time total
Jovanni decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,305 births
- Runner-up 2,100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jovanni's strongest decade
2,305 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Jovanni by state
Where Jovanni concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,551 | 23.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 974 | 14.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 564 | 8.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 468 | 7.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 387 | 5.8% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 160 | 2.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 157 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 155 | 2.3% |
1,551 of 6,641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 23.4% of nationwide
- Texas 14.7% of nationwide
- Florida 8.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 7.0% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Jovanni appears in 26 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, 1978–2024 (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.