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Jovahn

Gender
Boy
Say it
joh-VAHN
Origin
Modern

Jovahn is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Jovahn come from?

Modern: probably a variant of Jovan or Javon

Is Jovahn a girl's or a boy's name?

Jovahn is a boys' name.

How popular is Jovahn in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.

Half of all the boys named Jovahn in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1990Busiest: 10 in 20042020
Jovahn in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20207#9,548
20190–
20180–
20170–
20166#10,739
20150–
20140–
20137#9,650
201210#7,553
20116#10,801
20100–
200910#7,687
20089#8,319
200710#7,586
20066#10,655
20055#11,464
200410#6,970
20037#8,636
20029#7,048
20018#7,529
20007#8,202
19997#7,867
19987#7,553
19979#6,094
19969#5,975
19956#7,785
19945#8,794
19939#5,764
19920–
19910–
19905#8,108

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Sources

Figures from 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, “Jovahn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovahn, updated 20 October 2026.