How Many People Are Named Jovan?
people named Jovan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,951 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,063 babies named Jovan in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
329 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Serbian and Macedonian form of JOHN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jovan, 9.7% were girls and 90.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jovan fell from 23.8% in the 1970s to 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jovan alive today is about 28 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jovan first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 1979, to 329 babies. In 2025, 93 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jovan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #554, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #1,746.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,746 |
| Best rank | #554 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #673 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jovan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jovan were born in California than in any other state: about 1,573 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jovan was given 2.4 times as often in Illinois, 1.8 times in Florida and 1.8 times in New York.
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