Davena
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 412since 1946
Davena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Davena has never cracked the top 3,000 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 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Davena! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Davena is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Davena in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1968 at #3,610 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 1 yr 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 91,569
- Highest: 1 in 91,569 girls born in 1976 were named Davena (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,610 in 1968, was only 1 in 117,171 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 25.7% of all girls named Davena (106) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,960 (1946) | #4,960 |
| 1950s | 24 | #4,161 (1956) | #5,461 |
| 1960s | 91 | #3,610 (1968) | #4,851 |
| 1970s | 106 | #3,963 (1976) | #5,521 |
| 1980s | 91 | #4,327 (1980) | #7,571 |
| 1990s | 74 | #6,465 (1990) | #9,974 |
| 2000s | 10 | #16,462 (2005) | #16,983 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,453 (2020) | #14,373 |
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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