Jovie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOH-vee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,019 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #520 for girls
Jovie is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,019th for girls in the UK (36 babies) and 520th for girls in the US (576 babies).
What does Jovie mean?
Modern: modern name, often linked to the word jovial
Jovie is the name of Buddy's love interest in the 2003 Christmas film Elf.
Is Jovie a girl's or a boy's name?
Jovie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the UK and 576 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Jovie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,019th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 7,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 256% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were named Jovie, making it the 1,019th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jovie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were given Jovie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #810, up from #1,019 for this spelling alone.
- Jovie 36
- Jovi 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,028th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Jovie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #1,019 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
How popular is Jovie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 520th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 576 about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 104% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 576 girls in the US were named Jovie, making it the 520th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 919th. It first appears in the records in 2004. 5 boys were also named Jovie in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Jovie of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Jovie in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 842 girls in the US were given Jovie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #394, up from #520 for this spelling alone.
Jovie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 576 | #520 |
| 2024 | 477 | #626 |
| 2023 | 511 | #587 |
| 2022 | 399 | #730 |
| 2021 | 374 | #763 |
| 2020 | 282 | #919 |
| 2019 | 234 | #1,075 |
| 2018 | 250 | #1,032 |
| 2017 | 232 | #1,091 |
| 2016 | 211 | #1,184 |
| 2015 | 197 | #1,239 |
| 2014 | 172 | #1,356 |
| 2013 | 187 | #1,267 |
| 2012 | 163 | #1,408 |
| 2011 | 164 | #1,392 |
| 2010 | 124 | #1,696 |
| 2009 | 112 | #1,876 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
Names like Jovie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Indie, Esme, Maisie, Myla, Elodie, Sylvie, Harper, Mila, Isla, Freya, Aria, Luna
Other spellings of Jovie
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Jovie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovie, updated 20 October 2026.