Java

Boy · recorded 1969–1980

  • 1980last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Java.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 3 recorded years as a table
Java, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19694
19794
19803

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Java isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1980
6
Rank in 1980
#5,525
How rare
1 in 297,325 boys
Since 1969
20

Java was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Java doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.