girls:
1.8k births since 1976
#4006 (30th percentile)
boys:
613 births since 1987
#3973 (13th percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1976
#5434 (30th percentile)
The name Jovi is the #5,434 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,386 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 29.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,006 (29.9% percentile) for all time with 1,773 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #3,973 (13.3% percentile) for all time with 613 births since 1987.
Jovi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Jovi is available in 36 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 30 years for boys). 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 Jovi has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 74.2% of babies named Jovi were girls.
For girls, Jovi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 20.7% percentile (ranked #751) with 115 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 115 births per million (ranked 20.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1999, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jovi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #751 (20.7% percentile) with 115 births per million.
For boys, Jovi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 10.1% percentile (ranked #831) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jovi ranks #846 for boys (7.1% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 73.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jovi".
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