Jovi
Masculine · “of Jupiter”
Jovi is given to both — 720 boys and 2,257 girls since 1880. See Jovi as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Jovi is from Jove — Jupiter's other name — and 'jovial' means born under Jupiter, a planet astrologers thought made people cheerful.
How old is the name Jovi?
Jovi first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Jovi is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Jovi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jovi most popular?
Jovi peaked in 2022, reaching #1720 nationally. Today it ranks #2516, 796 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
Where it comes from
From Iovis to Jovi
The story of Jovi
Astrologers held that Jupiter's influence made a person cheerful and generous, which is why 'jovial' means what it does — and 'saturnine' and 'mercurial' come from the same system. Jovi entered American given-name use partly through a band name and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
of Jupiter
From the Latin Iovis, the genitive of Iuppiter — Jove is the English form. Jovial descends from it through the astrological belief that Jupiter's influence made people merry. The Latin is documented and the semantic path well attested.
How the name formed
- Iovis
- Jove
- Jovi
Related forms: Iovis · Giove
Pronouncing Jovi
JOH-vee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Latin Iovis is YO-wis.
Nicknames for Jovi
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
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 202298 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1720reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%53 in 2025, from 53
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.
Jovi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Iovis in Latin — related form
- Giove in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Jovis among us
people named Jovi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 32,228 born in 2025 was named Jovi
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 Marshel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jovi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marshel climbed just as high around 1926, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marshel's path sketches the road Jovi is walking now.
Jovi 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 Jovi is headed
Jovi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 28% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Jovi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jovi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That jovial, saturnine and mercurial come from one astrological system is a first-rate fact.
- Jo is available as a short form with a large record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- A rock band is a strong association for many.
- It names a chief deity at one remove.
- It reads as a nickname rather than a full name.
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Masculine · #2516 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jovis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Jovi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jovi in 2025?
- Jovi ranks #2516 among US boy names in 2025, with 53 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jovi?
- About 1 in every 32,228 US boys born in 2025 was named Jovi — 53 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jovi with classmates?
- Jovi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jovi
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Tahir#2516 · Rye#2516 · Neymar#2516 · Alphonse#2516 · Austen#2516 · Saleem#2516 · Stuart#2516 · Jariel#2516
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