# Jovan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jovan/  
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 | 11,063 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,984 / 1,079 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,094, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 48 | 2,251 |
| 1988 | 33 | 3,061 |
| 1989 | 34 | 3,127 |
| 1990 | 34 | 3,250 |
| 1991 | 25 | 4,120 |
| 1992 | 24 | 4,298 |
| 1993 | 22 | 4,581 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7,316 |
| 1995 | 20 | 4,924 |
| 1996 | 8 | 9,982 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,787 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,695 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,956 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,535 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,710 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 174 | 1,075 |
| 2012 | 161 | 1,138 |
| 2013 | 173 | 1,080 |
| 2014 | 170 | 1,129 |
| 2015 | 162 | 1,157 |
| 2016 | 141 | 1,293 |
| 2017 | 137 | 1,318 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,619 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,526 |
| 2020 | 124 | 1,404 |
| 2021 | 117 | 1,518 |
| 2022 | 115 | 1,554 |
| 2023 | 94 | 1,752 |
| 2024 | 95 | 1,745 |
| 2025 | 93 | 1,746 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 852 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 43 | 751 |
| 2014 | 54 | 632 |
| 2015 | 47 | 702 |
| 2016 | 56 | 631 |
| 2017 | 58 | 621 |
| 2018 | 52 | 665 |
| 2019 | 59 | 616 |
| 2020 | 58 | 611 |
| 2021 | 93 | 446 |
| 2022 | 75 | 524 |
| 2023 | 48 | 710 |
| 2024 | 66 | 576 |
| 2025 | 42 | 782 |

## People named Jovan

- Jovan Dučić, Bosnian Serb writer and diplomat
- Jovan Adepo, British actor (born 1988)
- Jovan Divjak, Bosnian general
- Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player
- Jovan Đorđević, (1826-1900) Serbian writer
- Jovan Rašković, Croatian Serb politician (1929-1992)
- Jovan Belcher, American football player (1987–2012)
- Jovan Branković, Despot of Serbia
- Jovan Ćulibrk, Croatian priest
- Osman Kakay, English association football player (born 1997)
- John Lukic, English footballer (born 1960)
- Yvie Oddly, American drag queen

## 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.