Boys' name · since 1986
Jovaun
Jovaun has 129 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,753 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jovaun sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 129 recorded since 1986.
Jovaun has 129 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2016.
- #15,753 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 129 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jovaun ranks #15,753 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,753 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jovaun's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jovaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jovaun's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jovaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2016
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Jovaun by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (53 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Jovaun's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jovaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 53 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Jovaun's decade-level peak was the 2000s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jovaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jovaun draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.