Jervon
Masculine
Jervon opens on the Jer- of Jerome and Jeremy and closes on -von, the ending that also finishes Devon and Javon. The halves meet cleanly, and the name is said just as it is written.
How old is the name Jervon?
Jervon first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Jervon alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 500 people named Jervon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jervon most popular?
Jervon peaked in 1994, reaching #2951 nationally. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jervon
Jervon is built the way many American names of the late twentieth century were built: a familiar opening, a familiar ending, and a join that sounds as if it had always been there. The Jer- belongs to Jerome and Jeremy; the -von belongs to Devon and Javon. Put together they give two firm syllables with the stress up front. Old English records hold a surname, Jervis, that looks a little like it, but Jervon has no need of borrowed history; its own is short, recent and complete.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded. The name joins a Jer- beginning to a -von ending, and neither piece carries a meaning of its own in this use. It resembles the English surname Jervis, which comes from the Norman name Gervase, but nothing ties the two together.
Pronouncing Jervon
JUR-von
Stress on the first syllable; the first vowel is the one in 'her'.
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
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 199424 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2951reached in 1994
- Change vs 2020
- +16.7%7 in 2021, from 6
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.
Jervons among us
people named Jervon are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jervon sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Spelled as it sounds, so once heard it is written correctly.
- Both halves are familiar, and nobody stumbles over it.
- It will be misheard as Javon or Jevon and needs spelling on the phone.
- The only meaning to report is the absence of one; the pieces are sound, not vocabulary.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jervons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Jervon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jervon in 2025?
- Jervon is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Jervon with classmates?
- Jervon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
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