Joven
Boy · HOH-ven · Spanish
Joven is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “young”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Joven mean?
Spanish: Spanish word
“young”
The Spanish word for young, used as a given name especially in the Philippines.
- Say it
- HOH-ven
Is Joven a girl's or a boy's name?
Joven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joven in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Joven, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Joven in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Joven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Joven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Joven, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Joven in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Joven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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