Jovi — #1061 US unisex name
2,011 babies named Jovi in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Jovi was born in this single decade.
234 babies were named Jovi in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jovi
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,011 babies named Jovi between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jovi currently holds the #1061 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 234 babies received it in a single year. Jovi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 666 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovi performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 948 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jovi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 152 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jovi in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jovi 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 2,011 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.
Jovi at a glance
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Current rank
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Jovi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2024)
- 234
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #1061 among girls.
2,011 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 234 births in a single year.
Jovi popularity over time — boys
666 total births recorded since 1987 (Jovi as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jovi accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jovi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 948 births that decade — 47% of Jovi's all-time total
Jovi decade highlights
- Peak decade 948 births
- Runner-up 783 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Jovi's strongest decade
948 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Jovi by state
Where Jovi concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 152 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Utah | | 144 | 7.2% |
| #3 | California | | 106 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 59 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 43 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 42 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Florida | | 41 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 34 | 1.7% |
152 of 2,011 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- Utah 7.2% of nationwide
- California 5.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.9% of nationwide
- Indiana 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jovi appears in 30 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, 1976–2024 (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.