# Javon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/javon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,406 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,646 / 760 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 93, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century. Compare Javion, Jayvion.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 15 | 6,303 |
| 1998 | 10 | 8,875 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,931 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,316 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7,931 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9,811 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9,321 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,343 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,609 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,057 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,267 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,808 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,943 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,956 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 412 | 600 |
| 2012 | 320 | 727 |
| 2013 | 309 | 747 |
| 2014 | 301 | 775 |
| 2015 | 263 | 853 |
| 2016 | 220 | 949 |
| 2017 | 214 | 969 |
| 2018 | 195 | 1,042 |
| 2019 | 170 | 1,145 |
| 2020 | 176 | 1,120 |
| 2021 | 182 | 1,120 |
| 2022 | 174 | 1,173 |
| 2023 | 185 | 1,137 |
| 2024 | 169 | 1,204 |
| 2025 | 169 | 1,198 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 10 | 1,744 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Javon

- Javon Walton, American actor and boxer
- Javon McCrea, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Javon Freeman-Liberty, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Javon Hargrave, American football player (born 1993)
- Vory, American rapper and singer from Kentucky (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.