Jovana

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⭐ Famous Jovana

Jovana Janković

Serbian television presenter

Choose Jovana and your child shares a first name with Jovana Janković, a Serbian television presenter. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Jovana, like who?” Jovana Janković's Wikipedia article is available in 29 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 200,000 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Jovana, 8 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Jovana would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJovana first shows up in US birth records in 1975, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 50 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 2001, when it ranked #1,132. Today it's #10,917, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowJovana was 6.5× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 30,769 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 200,000.
• 🍂TrendJovana has slipped 5,430 places over the last five years and now sits at #10,917. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningIn Serbian, Jovana means “God is gracious”. Our records link it to Italian, Latin and Slavic roots.

About the name Jovana

Jovana is a girl name of Italian, Latin and Slavic origin meaning “God is gracious”. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, starting with J and ending in “-ana”. US birth records list Jovana for girls from 1975 to 2025, in 51 of those 51 years. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked #1,132 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #10,917, with 8 babies.

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