Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jovian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 564
- 559 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #4,085 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,085 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 488 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jovian
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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