Jayvon
Masculine
Jayvon joins a Jay- front to a -von ending, and it belongs to a documented American naming workshop of the last fifty years.
How old is the name Jayvon?
Jayvon first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Jayvon alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 3,800 people named Jayvon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jayvon most popular?
Jayvon peaked in 2007, reaching #946 nationally. Today it ranks #2230, 1,284 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jayvon
Our story of Jayvon is a story of a stock of parts. African-American families from the 1970s built given names from fronts — Ja-, De-, Tre-, Ke- — and endings — -von, -vion, -shawn, -mar. Javon, Davon, Jayvon and Trevon all come out of the same set, none descending from a borrowed word. Jayvon appears in the registers from the 1980s. That workshop is a genuine and specific history, and inventing a foreign source would obscure it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the Jay- front and -von ending, alongside Davon, Javon and Devon-influenced forms. Attributions to older languages are not supported. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Jayvon
JAY-von
Two syllables, stress on the first. Jayvon and Javon are said nearly identically.
Nicknames for Jayvon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 2008210 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #946reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- +6.8%63 in 2025, from 59
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jayvon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Javon in English — spelling variant
- Jaivon in English — spelling variant
- Davon in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas.
Jayvons among us
people named Jayvon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,112 born in 2025 was named Jayvon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Florentino test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jayvon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Florentino climbed just as high around 1908, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Florentino's path sketches the road Jayvon is walking now.
Jayvon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jayvon is headed
Jayvon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jayvon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jayvon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Jay and Von are two short forms, both with real records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It records a real and documented American naming tradition.
- There is no inherited meaning.
- Several spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- It is period-coded to the 1980s and 1990s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jayvons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,800 people named Jayvon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jayvon in 2025?
- Jayvon ranks #2230 among US boy names in 2025, with 63 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jayvon?
- About 1 in every 27,112 US boys born in 2025 was named Jayvon — 63 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jayvon with classmates?
- Jayvon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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