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

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Peak · boys
1994 · 567 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,396
since 1961

Davon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Davon has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #403, 1994boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,97677
2024—#1,563111
2023—#1,662103
2022—#1,597110
2021—#1,280148
2020—#1,63498
2019—#1,365131
2018—#1,299140
2017—#1,141166
2016—#1,421122
2015—#1,152163
2014—#1,117171
2013—#993199
2012—#957211
2011—#974202
2010—#908224
2009—#755303
2008—#708329
2007—#662362
2006—#604400
2005—#603374
2004—#621343
2003—#589368
2002—#593351
2001—#533410
2000—#499457
1999#11,3857#486457
1998#8,58410#480456
1997#7,28312#492431
1996#7,57411#464468
1995#8,7669#490439
1994#5,01619#403567
1993#8,05210#422536
1992#8,06510#449490
1991#5,65916#448483
1990#4,52321#479423
1989#7,44910#488384
1988#5,59814#538289
1987#5,92312#552271
1986#4,96415#621208
1985#3,85221#639189
1984#4,73715#706153
1983#4,10918#719144
1982#7,4698#732141
1981#4,74615#826113
1980#4,97814#841110
1979#5,09213#91492
1978#4,93113#91489
1977#6,8928#95480
1976#7,2967#1,19052
1975#9,0675#1,17052
1974—#1,19848
1973#7,4356#1,61229
1972#5,9598#1,45334
1971#4,81011#1,78425
1970#5,8188#2,12518
1969#3,95813#2,04617
1968—#3,6736
1967——
1966#4,8668#2,9868
1965—#3,9305
1964—#3,6016
1963—#4,0485
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1961—#4,0655
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First appearance
1961

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 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #451 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 3,627 boysILWisconsin: #452 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,183 boysWIMichigan: #254 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,635 boysMINew York: #304 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 2,068 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedSDIowa: #392 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,320 boysIAIndiana: #418 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,493 boysINOhio: #331 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,775 boysOHPennsylvania: #307 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,540 boysPANew Jersey: #348 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,790 boysNJConnecticut: #259 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,025 boysCTCalifornia: #672 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 8,060 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #458 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,268 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedWVVirginia: #518 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,427 boysVAMaryland: #163 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 916 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedDEArizona: #608 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,031 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedNMKansas: #324 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,027 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #349 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,344 boysNCSouth Carolina: #399 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,570 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #93 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 361 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #272 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,438 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedMSAlabama: #469 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,563 boysALGeorgia: #637 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,380 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Davon, so not publishedHITexas: #1,072 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 14,968 boysTXFlorida: #394 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 2,801 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#93 · 1 in 361
  2. Maryland#163 · 1 in 916
  3. Michigan#254 · 1 in 1,635
  4. Connecticut#259 · 1 in 2,025
  5. Louisiana#272 · 1 in 1,438

Best ever in a state: #40 in District of Columbia, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#93131 in 361
Maryland#163311 in 916
Michigan#254361 in 1,635
Connecticut#25991 in 2,025
Louisiana#272191 in 1,438
New York#304551 in 2,068
Pennsylvania#307261 in 2,540
Kansas#32481 in 2,027
Ohio#331251 in 2,775
New Jersey#348171 in 2,790
North Carolina#349211 in 2,344
Iowa#39251 in 3,320
Florida#394311 in 2,801
South Carolina#39981 in 2,570
Indiana#418111 in 3,493
Illinois#451221 in 3,627
Wisconsin#45271 in 4,183
Missouri#45881 in 4,268
Alabama#46971 in 3,563
Virginia#51891 in 4,427
Arizona#60861 in 6,031
Georgia#637101 in 5,380
California#672301 in 8,060
Texas#1,072111 in 14,968
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1994 at #403 (567 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1977–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,407
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.5% of all boys named Davon (4,750) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s52#2,046 (1969)#3,478
1970s519#914 (1979)#1,331
1980s2,002#488 (1989)#666
1990s4,750#403 (1994)#461
2000s3,697#499 (2000)#617
2010s1,729#908 (2010)#1,133
2020s647#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 1999

girls
#11,385
7 births · 1 in 253,403 girls
boys
#486
457 births · 1 in 4,202 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #11,385Davon7

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #486Davon457
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 253,403 of them was named Davon, which outranked 32.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davon
  1. #10,345Zyan8
  2. #10,345Zyann8
  3. #10,345Zyasia8
  4. #11,385Davon7
  5. #11,385Aalliyah7
  6. #11,385Aarika7
  7. #11,385Aashka7
  8. #12,688Aalia6
  9. #12,688Aaliyan6
  10. #12,688Aaniya6

Tied with 1,302 names at #11,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 4,202 of them was named Davon, which outranked 95.8% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davon
  1. #483Ezra460
  2. #483Harry460
  3. #485Uriel459
  4. #486Davon457
  5. #487Adan454
  6. #487Noe454
  7. #489Tomas453
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →