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Java

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 52

Java is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 62% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2000 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1969, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Java over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2000, not a full ten years.

14
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Java by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 7
1970s 14
1980s 6
1990s 5
2000s (to 2000) 5

How popular is Java?

In 2000, Java was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Java is used

France #6,001 5 in 2024
United States #15,514 5 in 2000

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Java

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Java also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Java over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Java

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Java — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Java

How popular is the name Java?

In 2000, Java was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Java a girl's or a boy's name?

Java is used for both girls and boys. About 62% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Java?

Java has 2 syllables.

When was Java most popular?

Java peaked in 1969, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.