Jovanni vs Jovon
American parents have registered 7,027 Jovannis since 1880, against 3,016 Jovons. Jovanni is still ahead, with 191 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Jovanni Jovon
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 56 years in which either name was published, Jovanni for 33 years and Jovon for 23 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Jovanni | Jovon | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 7,027 | 3,016 |
| Most in one year | 316 | 109 |
| Babies in 2025 | 191 | 15 |
| Estimated living today | 6,900 | 2,900 |
| Median age today | 15 | 31 |
| Peak year | 2012 | 1992 |
| Best rank | 734th boys | 1,187th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,118th | 5,861st |
| First recorded | 1978 | 1960 |
| Girls / boys | 192 / 6,835 | 289 / 2,727 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Jovons alive today are over 31; half the Jovannis are over 15. That is 16 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Jovanni Florida (3.1×), California (2.9×), Arizona (2.6×)
- Jovon Illinois (4.1×), Michigan (2.7×), Florida (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Jovanni and Jovon.