Jovaughn — boys' name
358 babies named Jovaughn in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Jovaughn was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jovaughn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jovaughn
The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Jovaughn between 1977 and 2021, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jovaughn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovaughn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jovaughn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jovaughn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jovaughn 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 358 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.
Jovaughn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jovaughn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1977
- Peak year (2003)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
358 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 17 births in a single year.
Jovaughn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 118 births that decade — 33% of Jovaughn's all-time total
Jovaughn decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jovaughn's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jovaughn by state
Where Jovaughn concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.7% |
6 of 358 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1977–2021 (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.