Javan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAY-van
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Javan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “Greece, Ionia”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Javan mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“Greece, Ionia”
In Genesis Javan is a grandson of Noah, seen as the ancestor of the Greeks.
Is Javan a girl's or a boy's name?
Javan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Javan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Javan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Javan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Javan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Javan, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 142 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Javan in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 202 boys in the US were given Javan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #982, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
Javan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,164 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 95 | #1,611 |
| 2010 | 72 | #1,939 |
| 2009 | 102 | #1,580 |
| 2008 | 98 | #1,603 |
| 2007 | 103 | #1,527 |
| 2006 | 114 | #1,391 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,361 |
| 2004 | 142 | #1,113 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,390 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,129 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,228 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,338 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,317 |
| 1998 | 97 | #1,243 |
| 1997 | 86 | #1,318 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,412 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,299 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,316 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,539 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 58 | #1,428 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 43 | #1,523 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,428 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,352 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 45 | #1,356 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Javan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nathan Jordan Ethan Joshua Jacob Adam Jonathan Dylan Benjamin Aaron Matthew Jason
Other spellings of Javan
Names related to Javan
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Isaac Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Javan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/javan, updated 20 October 2026.