Jovan
Boy · YO-van · Hebrew
Jovan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 842nd for boys in the UK (42 babies) and 1,743rd for boys in the US (93 babies).
What does Jovan mean?
Hebrew: Serbian and Macedonian form of John
“God is gracious”
- Say it
- YO-van
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Is Jovan a girl's or a boy's name?
Jovan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the UK and 93 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jovan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #842among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 7,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were named Jovan, making it the 842nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 661st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 94 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Jovan than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Jovan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 782nd in England and Wales.
Jovan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #842 |
| 2024 | 66 | #634 |
| 2023 | 49 | #760 |
| 2022 | 76 | #562 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 58 | #661 |
| 2019 | 61 | #650 |
| 2018 | 52 | #728 |
| 2017 | 59 | #665 |
| 2016 | 56 | #691 |
| 2015 | 48 | #747 |
| 2014 | 55 | #673 |
| 2013 | 47 | #758 |
| 2012 | 38 | #889 |
| 2011 | 34 | #929 |
| 2010 | 35 | #911 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,008 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Jovan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,743among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 93 boys in the US were named Jovan, making it the 1,743rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 270 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had fewer boys named Jovan than any year since 1975.
Half of all the boys named Jovan in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were given Jovan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,411, up from #1,743 for this spelling alone.
- Jovan 93
- Jovon 15
Girls were 28% of the babies named Jovan in the US in 1975, and 3% in 2003.
Jovan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #1,743 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2023 | 94 | #1,744 |
| 2022 | 115 | #1,551 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,523 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,617 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,314 |
| 2016 | 141 | #1,288 |
| 2015 | 162 | #1,157 |
| 2014 | 170 | #1,128 |
| 2013 | 173 | #1,080 |
| 2012 | 161 | #1,135 |
| 2011 | 174 | #1,073 |
| 2010 | 190 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 225 | #920 |
| 2008 | 237 | #886 |
| 2007 | 239 | #868 |
| 2006 | 239 | #844 |
| 2005 | 209 | #875 |
| 2004 | 247 | #750 |
| 2003 | 230 | #766 |
| 2002 | 222 | #776 |
| 2001 | 270 | #671 |
| 2000 | 260 | #681 |
| 1999 | 265 | #650 |
| 1998 | 270 | #648 |
| 1997 | 228 | #698 |
| 1996 | 192 | #765 |
| 1995 | 231 | #694 |
| 1994 | 228 | #690 |
| 1993 | 256 | #644 |
| 1992 | 257 | #641 |
| 1991 | 260 | #627 |
| 1990 | 265 | #620 |
| 1989 | 240 | #642 |
| 1988 | 230 | #623 |
| 1987 | 201 | #645 |
| 1986 | 227 | #589 |
| 1985 | 199 | #621 |
| 1984 | 192 | #614 |
| 1983 | 198 | #609 |
| 1982 | 228 | #567 |
| 1981 | 226 | #569 |
| 1980 | 218 | #581 |
| 1979 | 240 | #554 |
| 1978 | 188 | #609 |
| 1977 | 175 | #643 |
| 1976 | 128 | #737 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
Names like Jovan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jovan
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