Boys' name · peaked in 2001
Javon name popularity since 1925
18,406 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Javon (4.1% girls, 95.9% boys). Half of them were born in 2001 or earlier, so the typical Javon is about 25 years old in 2026. Javon peaked in 2001 as the #357 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,406
- Named Javon, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,198 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 95.9% boys
- 760 girls · 17,646 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Javon made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Javon births per year, 1925–2025
2001 was the biggest year for Javon both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1988 and 1993, Javon became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 8,550 baby boys to 1 in 3,950.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, its share of baby boys fell by 51%, from 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 5,930.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Javon's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Javon.
Decade by decade
Babies named Javon in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 15 | 32 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 119 | 553 | #1,198 |
| 1980s | 321 | 1,594 | #717 |
| 1990s | 203 | 4,964 | #417 |
| 2000s | 86 | 6,599 | #403 |
| 2010s | 16 | 2,849 | #853 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,055 | #1,198 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
52.3% of babies named Javon from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Javon is most popular
The index compares Javon's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Javon.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.86× | 1,648 |
| South Carolina | 2.13× | 475 |
| Virginia | 2.12× | 761 |
| Louisiana | 1.93× | 553 |
| Georgia | 1.90× | 836 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Javon and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Javon (this page) | 17,646 | 2001 |
| Javion | 6,889 | 2008 |
| Javan | 3,559 | 2004 |
| Javen | 3,461 | 2007 |
| Javin | 2,426 | 2006 |
| Javeon | 1,674 | 2010 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Javon's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Javon.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Javon (2001).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data