Jovita — #11114 US girls' name
3,284 babies named Jovita in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
13% of everyone ever named Jovita was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Jovita in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jovita
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,284 babies named Jovita between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jovita currently holds the #11114 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 62 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jovita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 442 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Jovita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,183 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jovita in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jovita 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 3,284 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.
Jovita at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Jovita popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1903
- Peak year (1930)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
Currently ranks #11114 among girls.
3,284 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 62 births in a single year.
Jovita popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1941 (Jovita as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jovita accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jovita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 442 births that decade — 13% of Jovita's all-time total
Jovita decade highlights
- Peak decade 442 births
- Runner-up 438 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Jovita's strongest decade
442 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Jovita by state
Where Jovita concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,183 | 36.0% |
| #2 | California | | 609 | 18.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 8 | 0.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.2% |
1,183 of 3,284 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 36.0% of nationwide
- California 18.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 0.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 36.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1903–2024 (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.