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Jovanni

Gender
Boy
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,118 for boys

Jovanni is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,118th for boys in the US (191 babies).

What does Jovanni mean?

Spanish

A male given name from Spanish.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Jovanni is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 191 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jovanni in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 225% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Jovanni, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 boys.

In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Jovanni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2009Busiest: 7 in 20212025
Jovanni in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20244#4,346
20234#4,335
20220–
20217#2,886
20204#4,025
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20154#4,086
20143#4,829
20130–
20120–
20110–
20103#4,865
20094#3,909

How popular is Jovanni in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,118among boys
Babies in 2025
191about 1 in 8,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 191 boys in the US were named Jovanni, making it the 1,118th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 968th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 316 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jovanni than any year since 2016.

Half of all the boys named Jovanni in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 463 boys in the US were given Jovanni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #588, up from #1,118 for this spelling alone.

1978Busiest: 316 in 20122025
Jovanni in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025191#1,118
2024193#1,108
2023260#893
2022269#881
2021246#922
2020224#968
2019221#968
2018195#1,040
2017207#987
2016188#1,049
2015189#1,049
2014224#938
2013249#858
2012316#734
2011257#838
2010260#823
2009297#768
2008228#909
2007248#851
2006267#776
2005247#786
2004195#887
2003182#912
2002157#995
2001152#999
2000127#1,105
1999110#1,172
1998109#1,143
199784#1,330
1996107#1,110
199590#1,216
199475#1,341
199382#1,249
199257#1,541
199169#1,353
199077#1,254
198950#1,585
198836#1,844
198723#2,396
198615#3,128
198517#2,825
19847#4,969
198313#3,229
19827#5,001
198113#3,219
19800–
19790–
19785#5,769

Names like Jovanni

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Jovanni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovanni, updated 20 October 2026.