girls:
5 births since 1977
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
22 births since 1982
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
27 births since 1977
#7712 (0th percentile)
The name Jovonn is the #7,712 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 27 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1982. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1977.
Jovonn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Jovonn is available in 5 out of the 27 years between 1977 and 2003 (4 years for boys and 1 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 Jovonn has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2003, 100.0% of babies named Jovonn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1977 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1982 to 2003).
For boys, Jovonn reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #813) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2003.
For girls, Jovonn reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1977.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jovonn".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jovonn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.1% confident that Jovonn is pronounced as juh-VAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is joh-VAHN, at 35.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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