Given name
Jevon
“a spirited man”
Jevon is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a spirited man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a spirited man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jevon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,062
- 4,971 boys · 91 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 288 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,784 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,784 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 288 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,014 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jevon’s family of names
Jevon has a related form in Jevin. Jevon has a related form in Jevan. Jevon has a related form in Jeavan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jevinvariant
- Jevanvariant
- Jevonnlikely variant
- Jevenvariant
- Jeavenvariant
- Jevvynvariant
- Jevvinvariant
- Jevvenvariant
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People named Jevon
- Jevon CarterAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- Jevon CrudupAmerican basketball player-coachborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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