Jovan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jovan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jovan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #446 in 2021, and it stood at #576 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#446highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#759
1998	#1821
1999	#1199
2000	#1241
2001	#1078
2002	#805
2003	#976
2004	#1732
2005	#1299
2006	#1401
2007	#926
2008	#1242
2009	#923
2010	#854
2011	#852
2012	#821
2013	#751
2014	#632
2015	#702
2016	#631
2017	#621
2018	#665
2019	#616
2020	#611
2021	#446
2022	#524
2023	#710
2024	#576

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #784 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #446 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #576 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jovan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jovan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	57	4 of 10	14
2000s	180	10 of 10	18
2010s	475	10 of 10	48
2020sbusiest	340	5 of 10	68

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 68 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 35, from 58 to 93.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jovan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in England and Wales in 2021.

Jovan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#576	66	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#710	48	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#524	75	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#446	93	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#611	58	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#616	59	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#665	52	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#621	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#631	56	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#702	47	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#632	54	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#751	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#852	34	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#926	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#805	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #446, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 93 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#576position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
93births registered in its largest year, 202150 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ashanti · #445, 29y
Gianni · #445, 29y
Sheikh · #443, 29y
Iram · #441, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Layna · #446, 27y
Riva · #446, 25y
Ashanti · #445, 29y
Gianni · #445, 29y

Jovan was ranked #446 in England and Wales · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jovan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jovan without appearing here.

Jovan moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1401 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #926 and #2435.
Grant Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1242 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #923 and #1568.
Garry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #1732 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1299 and #1851.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1241 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1078 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Jovan

Albie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #759 and #914 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #716.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #976 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #731.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #759 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #924.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #976 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #875.

Moved the opposite way to Jovan

Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jovan went from #1821 to #524 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Jovan

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jovan went from #1199 to #576 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jovan went from #1199 to #576 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jovan went from #1199 to #576 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jovan went from #1199 to #576 and Rune from #2943 to #1460.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jovan

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