Javin
Short form of the name Javier, with Spanish origins meaning "new house".
Name Census estimates that about 2,363 living Americans carry the first name Javin. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Javin today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Javin births was 2006 (141 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Javin. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Javin with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
2.4K
~ 1 in 145,051 Americans
Peak year
2006
141 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,763
Tracked since 1973
Census
Javin in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,184 people with the first name Javin, which placed it at #7,090 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#7,090
National first-name rank
People counted
2.2K
2,184 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
34.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Javin
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Javin is White at 34.1%. The next largest groups are Black (31.9%) and Hispanic (15.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Javin described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Javin at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White34.1% · 745
- Black or African American31.9% · 697
- Hispanic or Latino15.2% · 332
- Two or more races8.2% · 180
- Asian and Pacific Islander7.7% · 168
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.8% · 62
Gender
Gender distribution for Javin
Out of the 2,402 babies given the name Javin since 1880, 99.8% were registered as male. The name sits firmly on the male side of the spectrum, with only a handful of female registrations across the entire dataset.
Javin as a male name
- Ranked #4,763 in 2024
- 21 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2006 (136 births)
Javin as a female name
- Ranked #18,367 in 2006
- 5 female births in 2006
- Peak: 2006 (5 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Javin leans strongly male. 2,122 people counted with this name were male (97.1%), compared with 64 female bearers (2.9%).
Popularity
Javin: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Javin from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 1,105 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Javin by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Javin during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Javins live
The SSA's state-level files cover 23 states and territories. Florida, Ohio, Texas recorded the most babies named Javin, while Wisconsin, Washington, New Jersey recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 33 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Javin
The name Javin is a variant of the Hebrew name Yavin, which is derived from the root word "yavan," meaning "Greece" or "Ionian." This suggests that the name has its origins in ancient Middle Eastern cultures and may have been influenced by interactions with Greek civilizations.
The earliest recorded use of the name Javin dates back to the 5th century BCE, where it is mentioned in the Book of Ezra, a book of the Hebrew Bible. In this text, Javin is listed as one of the Levites who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.
In the Middle Ages, the name Javin gained popularity among Jewish communities in Europe. One notable figure from this period was Javin ben Sheshet, a 14th-century Spanish rabbi and philosopher who served as a judge in Barcelona.
During the Renaissance, the name Javin appeared in various literary works, including the writings of Italian humanist scholar Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, who mentioned a "Javin of Alexandria" in his works.
In the 17th century, Javin was a relatively common name among Dutch Jews. One notable bearer of the name was Javin Bochartus, a Dutch Protestant theologian and philosopher who lived from 1599 to 1667.
Another prominent figure with the name Javin was Javin Merrick, an English man known as the "Elephant Man" due to his severe physical deformities caused by neurofibromatosis. He lived from 1862 to 1890 and was the subject of several works of literature and film.
More recently, in the 20th century, Javin was the first name of Javin Nield, an English painter and illustrator who was born in 1902 and is known for his landscape paintings and illustrations of children's books.
Overall, while the name Javin is relatively uncommon, it has a rich history spanning various cultures and time periods, with notable bearers found in religious texts, literary works, and historical records.
People
Javin + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Javin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Javin: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Javin?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,363 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Javin going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 145,051 US residents.
Is Javin a common name?
We classify Javin as "Rare". It ranks above 94.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,402 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Javin most popular?
The single biggest year for Javin was 2006, when 141 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Javin is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Javin in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,184 people with the name Javin, or 0.72 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #7,090 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Javin in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Javin?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Javin leans strongly male. 2,122 people counted with this name were male (97.1%), compared with 64 female bearers (2.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Javin?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Javin is White at 34.1%. The next largest groups are Black (31.9%) and Hispanic (15.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Javin most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Javin in the 2020 Census, accounting for 34.1% (745 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Javin in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Javin a male name?
Yes, 99.8% of people registered as Javin in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Javin still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Javin in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Javin can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Javin as a first name?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.