Meaning and history
Jovita is the Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of the Latin masculine name Iovita, which was derived from the name of the god Jove. It was also the name of an early saint and martyr, the brother of Faustinus.
20062006: 9 births, rank #11,417
2007: 13 births, rank #9,007
2008: 7 births, rank #13,832
2009: 9 births, rank #11,459
2010: 10 births, rank #10,451
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 12 births, rank #9,109
2013: 9 births, rank #11,000
2014: 8 births, rank #11,931
2015: 7 births, rank #13,006
20162016: 6 births, rank #14,331
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 10 births, rank #9,736
2020: 5 births, rank #15,088
20212021: 8 births, rank #11,146
2022: 8 births, rank #11,231
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: 8 births, rank #11,122
20252025: 7 births, rank #11,932
Jovita moved from #932 to #978 for girls between 1930 and 1935. Its highest annual birth count came in 1930, with 62 births.