Yovanni
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-VAH-nee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Yovanni is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Yovanni mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yovani; Spanish phonetic spelling of Giovanni (John)
“God is gracious”
A Spanish phonetic spelling of Giovanni, the Italian form of John.
Meaning borrowed from Yovani.
Is Yovanni a girl's or a boy's name?
Yovanni is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yovanni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Yovanni, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Yovanni in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 89 boys in the US were given Yovanni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,589, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
Yovanni in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Yovanni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malachi, Giovanni, Levi, Gianni, Eli, Mateo, Josiah, Amari, Elijah, Eliel, Armani, Isaiah
Other spellings of Yovanni
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Elsie
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, “Yovanni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yovanni, updated 20 October 2026.