Jovita
Jovita was the 12494th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 932nd with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,177 places. More babies were named Jovita in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,494 girls, up 3,736 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193062 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,297babies recorded
Jovita popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1941.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,494 | 7 |
| 2020 | #16,230 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,791 | 10 |
| 2000 | #5,806 | 19 |
| 1990 | #3,468 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,555 | 37 |
| 1970 | #2,217 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,963 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,812 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,388 | 30 |
| 1930 | #932 | 62 |
| 1920 | #1,295 | 36 |
| 1910 | #1,850 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jovita, counting every spelling?
Jovita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Jovita?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jovita (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jovita born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jovita.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jovita?
About 2,000 people born in the US named Jovita are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 39 and 70. That makes Jovita mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jovita: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jovita, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jovita
How popular is the name Jovita?
Jovita was the 12494th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 932nd with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,177 places. More babies were named Jovita in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Jovita a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jovita in the US.