girls:
135 births since 1980
#5581 (2nd percentile)
boys:
7k births since 1974
#1404 (69th percentile)
overall:
7.1k births since 1974
#3195 (59th percentile)
The name Jovani is the #3,195 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,141 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 58.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 58.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,404 (69.4% percentile) for all time with 7,006 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,581 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 135 births since 1980.
Jovani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Jovani is available in 47 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 19 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jovani has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jovani reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 35.7% percentile (ranked #580) with 163 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 163 births per million (ranked 35.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jovani ranks #769 for boys (15.6% percentile) with 80 births per million, which is 49.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jovani reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #842) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jovani ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 53.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jovani".
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