Jovan is an established boys' name that peaked in 1979 and has grown less common since.
Jovan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,746 for boy births in the United States (and #3,732 across all names), given to 93 babies. Jovan was first reported in SSA data in 1966 and peaked in 1998 (270 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,746 |
| 2024 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 94 | 99 | — | #1,752 |
| 2022 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,554 |
| 2021 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,518 |
| 2020 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,404 |
| 2019 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,526 |
| 2018 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,619 |
| 2017 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,318 |
| 2016 | 141 | 146 | — | #1,293 |
| 2015 | 162 | 167 | — | #1,157 |
| 2014 | 170 | 175 | — | #1,129 |
| 2013 | 173 | 179 | — | #1,080 |
| 2012 | 161 | 161 | — | #1,138 |
| 2011 | 174 | 181 | — | #1,075 |
| 2010 | 190 | 198 | — | #1,022 |
| 2009 | 225 | 234 | — | #922 |
| 2008 | 237 | 246 | — | #887 |
| 2007 | 239 | 254 | — | #868 |
| 2006 | 239 | 245 | — | #844 |
| 2005 | 209 | 217 | — | #875 |
| 2004 | 247 | 253 | — | #751 |
| 2003 | 236 | 242 | #14,710 | #767 |
| 2002 | 222 | 232 | — | #779 |
| 2001 | 275 | 284 | #16,535 | #671 |
| 2000 | 260 | 265 | — | #683 |
| 1999 | 277 | 291 | #7,956 | #656 |
| 1998 | 277 | 289 | #11,695 | #648 |
| 1997 | 233 | — | #14,787 | #700 |
| 1996 | 200 | — | #9,982 | #768 |
| 1995 | 251 | — | #4,924 | #697 |
| 1994 | 240 | — | #7,316 | #691 |
| 1993 | 278 | — | #4,581 | #645 |
| 1992 | 281 | — | #4,298 | #643 |
| 1991 | 285 | — | #4,120 | #631 |
| 1990 | 299 | — | #3,250 | #622 |
| 1989 | 274 | — | #3,127 | #647 |
| 1988 | 263 | — | #3,061 | #623 |
| 1987 | 249 | — | #2,251 | #645 |
| 1986 | 285 | — | #1,921 | #590 |
| 1985 | 271 | — | #1,639 | #621 |
| 1984 | 261 | — | #1,607 | #616 |
| 1983 | 272 | — | #1,526 | #609 |
| 1982 | 314 | — | #1,423 | #568 |
| 1981 | 316 | — | #1,375 | #569 |
| 1980 | 293 | — | #1,559 | #581 |
| 1979 | 329 | — | #1,383 | #554 |
| 1978 | 251 | — | #1,677 | #609 |
| 1977 | 222 | — | #2,041 | #644 |
| 1976 | 162 | — | #2,406 | #737 |
| 1975 | 69 | — | #3,558 | #1,199 |
| 1974 | 25 | — | #6,497 | #2,404 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | — | #2,785 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,350 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #4,164 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,668 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,716 |