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How popular is the name Joven?

Births per year, rank history and how many Jovens are alive today.

Joven (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Jovan in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2175th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Jovan you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Jovans born in England and Wales are between 5 and 19, and there are at least 1,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Jovan - on average, only one in every 253 such rooms contains a Jovan.

How many babies are named Joven each year?

Includes all spellings: Joven, Jovan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0255075100200020201996: 191997: 211998: 61999: 112000: 112001: 142002: 232003: 232004: 92005: 152006: 172007: 272008: 192009: 292010: 342011: 342012: 382013: 472014: 572015: 472016: 662017: 632018: 582019: 662020: 632021: 992022: 752023: 512024: 662025: 46actual

Where does the Joven spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202003: ranked 2,8572006: ranked 4,0522013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 4,6322016: ranked 2,1752017: ranked 3,4492018: ranked 3,0112019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 3,3342021: ranked 3,0172023: ranked 4,9922025: ranked 4,275

Where does the Jovan spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 7841997: ranked 7591998: ranked 1,8211999: ranked 1,1992000: ranked 1,2412001: ranked 1,0782002: ranked 8052003: ranked 9762004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 1,2992006: ranked 1,4012007: ranked 9262008: ranked 1,2422009: ranked 9232010: ranked 8542011: ranked 8522012: ranked 8212013: ranked 7512014: ranked 6322015: ranked 7022016: ranked 6312017: ranked 6212018: ranked 6652019: ranked 6162020: ranked 6112021: ranked 4462022: ranked 5242023: ranked 7102024: ranked 5762025: ranked 782

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Joven per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 99 in 2021
Joven: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Joven most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Jovan, peaked in 2021, when 99 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Joven spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 10 babies.

How many people are called Joven?

At least 1,200 people named Joven in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Joven?

Most living Jovens are between 5 and 19; the most common age is about 5.

Is Joven becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.






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