Dava
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,487since 1931
Dava over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dava has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,422 | 50 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
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| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
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First appearance
1931
The first year at least five girls were named Dava! It came in at #4,331, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dava is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Dava in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dava
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 2,800 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #14,942)
- 6,495 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1954 at #1,422 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 38,838
- Highest: 1 in 38,838 girls born in 1954 were named Dava (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 20.3% of all girls named Dava (302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 29 | #2,940 (1937) | #3,498 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,637 (1947) | #3,208 |
| 1950s | 258 | #1,422 (1954) | #2,299 |
| 1960s | 262 | #2,012 (1967) | #2,497 |
| 1970s | 302 | #2,017 (1970) | #2,626 |
| 1980s | 190 | #3,393 (1988) | #4,302 |
| 1990s | 151 | #4,819 (1997) | #6,390 |
| 2000s | 86 | #6,808 (2000) | #11,149 |
| 2010s | 87 | #8,299 (2017) | #11,596 |
| 2020s | 31 | #11,146 (2021) | #13,380 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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