Recorded 1983–2019 Boys' name Peak 2000 116 births

Yovan — boys' name

116 babies named Yovan in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s362000s532010s22
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Yovan was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

11 babies were named Yovan in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yovan

The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Yovan between 1983 and 2019, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yovan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yovan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yovan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yovan 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 116 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.

Yovan at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

116

Since 1983

37 years of records

Peak year

2000

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1983

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2019

Yovan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1983

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2000)
11
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
4681012 2019201120062001199719921983 5

Yovan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
53 births that decade — 46% of Yovan's all-time total
1980s51990s362000s532010s22

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yovan?
116 babies have been named Yovan since 1983. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2000 with 11 births.
When was Yovan most popular?
Yovan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Yovan been used?
Yovan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1983, spanning 37 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Yovan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yovani, Yovany, Yovanni, Yovanny. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1983–2019 (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.