Unisex name · since 1972
Jovonne
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 177 babies named Jovonne, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jovonne sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 177 recorded since 1972.
Jovonne has 177 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1997.
- #21,067 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 177 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jovonne ranks #21,067 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jovonne's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jovonne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jovonne's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jovonne popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1997
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Jovonne popularity over time - boys
28 total births recorded since 1979 (Jovonne as boys' name)
Jovonne by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (82 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Jovonne's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Jovonne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 82 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Jovonne's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (82 total births) through the 1990s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jovonne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1972–1997 (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 Jovonne 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.