Given name & surname
Joven
Joven is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Spanish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 274
- 274 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,907 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,907 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,076 as a first name in 2020; 620 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joven’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Joven shares a linguistic root with the Persian form جوان.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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