Jovany — #2969 US boys' name
4,632 babies named Jovany in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Jovany was born in this single decade.
243 babies were named Jovany in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jovany
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,632 babies named Jovany between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jovany currently holds the #2969 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 243 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovany performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,022 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jovany shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,404 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jovany in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jovany 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 4,632 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.
Jovany at a glance
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Current rank
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Jovany popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2006)
- 243
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #2969 among boys.
4,632 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 243 births in a single year.
Jovany popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 1989 (Jovany as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jovany accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jovany by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,022 births that decade — 44% of Jovany's all-time total
Jovany decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,022 births
- Runner-up 1,127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jovany's strongest decade
2,022 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Jovany by state
Where Jovany concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,404 | 30.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 627 | 13.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 319 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 281 | 6.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 169 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 132 | 2.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 89 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 82 | 1.8% |
1,404 of 4,632 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.3% of nationwide
- Texas 13.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.9% of nationwide
- Florida 6.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Jovany appears in 21 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.