Peak popularity
1979
Usually for
Girls & boys
Trend
Holding steady
Holding steady.
Popularity of Java since 1969
Babies named Java per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1969, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Java's real moment was 1979.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 7 |
| 1970s | 7 | 7 |
| 1980s | 0 | 6 |
| 1990s | 5 | 0 |
| 2000s | 5 | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 |
“Java” around the world
Where Java lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
5
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
