Davon
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #11,385 · #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 567 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,396since 1961
Davon over time
Rank among boys' names. Davon has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,976 | 77 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,563 | 111 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,662 | 103 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,597 | 110 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,280 | 148 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,634 | 98 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,365 | 131 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,299 | 140 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,141 | 166 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,421 | 122 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,152 | 163 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,117 | 171 | |
| 2013 | — | #993 | 199 | |
| 2012 | — | #957 | 211 | |
| 2011 | — | #974 | 202 | |
| 2010 | — | #908 | 224 | |
| 2009 | — | #755 | 303 | |
| 2008 | — | #708 | 329 | |
| 2007 | — | #662 | 362 | |
| 2006 | — | #604 | 400 | |
| 2005 | — | #603 | 374 | |
| 2004 | — | #621 | 343 | |
| 2003 | — | #589 | 368 | |
| 2002 | — | #593 | 351 | |
| 2001 | — | #533 | 410 | |
| 2000 | — | #499 | 457 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #486 | 457 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #480 | 456 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #492 | 431 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #464 | 468 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #490 | 439 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #403 | 567 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #422 | 536 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #449 | 490 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #448 | 483 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #479 | 423 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #488 | 384 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #538 | 289 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #552 | 271 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #621 | 208 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #639 | 189 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #706 | 153 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #719 | 144 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #732 | 141 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #826 | 113 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #841 | 110 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #914 | 92 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #914 | 89 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #954 | 80 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,170 | 52 |
| 1974 | — | #1,198 | 48 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Davon! It came in at #4,065, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Davon is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#94 · 1 in 615
- District of Columbia#165 · 1 in 833
- New Jersey#263 · 1 in 2,379
- South Carolina#349 · 1 in 3,011
- Virginia#374 · 1 in 4,202
Best ever in a state: #40 in District of Columbia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #94 | 46 | 1 in 615 |
| District of Columbia | #165 | 9 | 1 in 833 |
| New Jersey | #263 | 20 | 1 in 2,379 |
| South Carolina | #349 | 7 | 1 in 3,011 |
| Virginia | #374 | 9 | 1 in 4,202 |
| New York | #436 | 25 | 1 in 4,888 |
| Ohio | #514 | 8 | 1 in 9,436 |
| Pennsylvania | #526 | 8 | 1 in 9,652 |
| North Carolina | #587 | 5 | 1 in 8,177 |
| Michigan | #615 | 6 | 1 in 10,636 |
| California | #658 | 23 | 1 in 9,926 |
| Florida | #669 | 8 | 1 in 9,552 |
| Illinois | #722 | 7 | 1 in 11,403 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Davon
- 413 spots since 2024 (#1,563 → #1,976)
- 342 spots since 2020 (#1,634 → #1,976)
- 824 spots since 2015 (#1,152 → #1,976)
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1977 (#1,190 → #954)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 2010 (#755 → #908)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1994 at #403 (567 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1977–2013
- Highest: 1 in 3,407 boys born in 1994 were named Davon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,183 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Davon (4,750) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52 | #2,046 (1969) | #3,478 |
| 1970s | 519 | #914 (1979) | #1,331 |
| 1980s | 2,002 | #488 (1989) | #666 |
| 1990s | 4,750 | #403 (1994) | #461 |
| 2000s | 3,697 | #499 (2000) | #617 |
| 2010s | 1,729 | #908 (2010) | #1,133 |
| 2020s | 647 | #1,280 (2021) | #1,619 |
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.
Davon in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 114,370 of them was named Davon, which outranked 61.3% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,724Xochilt16
- #4,724Xylina16
- #4,724Zelda16
- #4,964Davon15
- #4,964Aaryn15
- #4,964Adelita15
- #4,964Adia15
- #5,188Aimie14
- #5,188Aissa14
- #5,188Aleia14
Tied with 223 names at #4,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 8,853 of them was named Davon, which outranked 92.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).