How Many People Are Named Javan?
people named Javan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 100,762 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,636 babies named Javan in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
142 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "Greece" in Hebrew, possibly related to ION (2). In the Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Javan, 1.2% were girls and 98.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Javan alive today is about 27 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Javan first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2004, to 142 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Javan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,115, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #3,987.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,987 |
| Best rank | #1,115 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,365 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Javan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Javan were born in California than in any other state: about 200 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Javan was given 2.5 times as often in Florida, 2.4 times in New York and 1.8 times in Georgia.
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