girls:
177 births since 1972
#5539 (3rd percentile)
boys:
28 births since 1979
#4558 (1st percentile)
overall:
205 births since 1972
#7534 (3rd percentile)
The name Jovonne is the #7,534 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 205 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,539 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 177 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,558 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 28 births since 1979.
Jovonne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Jovonne is available in 25 out of the 37 years between 1972 and 2008 (21 years for girls and 5 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 Jovonne has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Jovonne were girls. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (94.1% girls from 1972 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2001 to 2008).
For girls, Jovonne reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #775) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1997.
For boys, Jovonne reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #687) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jovonne".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jovonne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.9% confident that Jovonne is pronounced as joh-VAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-VAHN, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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