Daven

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2002 · 87 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,543
since 1955

Daven over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Daven has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #1,459, 2002boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,84828
2024—#4,57122
2023—#3,71230
2022—#3,41234
2021—#4,01126
2020—#3,02538
2019—#3,71629
2018—#3,05538
2017—#2,84042
2016—#2,93540
2015—#2,91940
2014—#2,23060
2013—#2,29955
2012—#2,09165
2011—#1,90573
2010—#1,83479
2009—#1,79783
2008—#1,76085
2007#17,6365#1,516104
2006—#1,54396
2005—#1,52593
2004—#1,54286
2003—#1,61178
2002—#1,45987
2001#12,0567#1,67769
2000#13,1546#1,68168
1999—#1,60467
1998#14,1225#2,01247
1997#9,8028#1,75355
1996—#1,63859
1995—#1,64855
1994#10,5697#1,60857
1993—#1,72150
1992—#1,75048
1991#8,5889#1,69948
1990#8,5019#2,30830
1989#12,3625#1,89139
1988—#2,19728
1987—#2,21526
1986—#2,22625
1985—#1,91630
1984—#2,43720
1983—#1,95527
1982—#2,11125
1981#10,4115#3,03014
1980#9,0956#2,36721
1979#7,3138#2,46519
1978#5,21412#2,47318
1977—#2,20221
1976—#3,7249
1975—#2,75114
1974—#2,45916
1973—#2,40516
1972—#3,9637
1971—#3,14610
1970—#3,07110
1969—#2,86110
1968—#2,10915
1967—#2,7609
1966—#2,9868
1965—#3,2447
1964—#2,66510
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1961—#3,3567
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five boys were named Daven! It came in at #3,886, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Daven is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #669 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,737 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#669 · 1 in 7,737

Best ever in a state: #549 in Oklahoma, 2002.

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North Carolina#66961 in 7,737
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See more about Daven
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 723 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #3,848)
  • 823 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #3,848)
  • 929 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #3,848)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 2002 at #1,459 (87 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,956
  • Highest: 1 in 19,956 boys born in 2007 were named Daven (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,459 in 2002, was only 1 in 22,316 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 33.4% of all boys named Daven (849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s12#3,275 (1958)#3,581
1960s72#2,109 (1968)#2,953
1970s140#2,202 (1977)#2,866
1980s255#1,891 (1989)#2,235
1990s516#1,604 (1999)#1,774
2000s849#1,459 (2002)#1,611
2010s521#1,834 (2010)#2,582
2020s178#3,025 (2020)#3,763

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Daven in 1992

boys
#1,750
48 births · 1 in 41,613 boys

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #1,750Daven48
More about 1992

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 41,613 of them was named Daven, which outranked 82.2% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daven
  1. #1,731Tavis49
  2. #1,731Willy49
  3. #1,731Wolfgang49
  4. #1,750Daven48
  5. #1,750Demarkus48
  6. #1,750Demetrio48
  7. #1,750Hussein48
  8. #1,778Aharon47
  9. #1,778Antone47
  10. #1,778Arsenio47

Tied with 27 names at #1,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992 →