Dave
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #7,471 · #2,451 for boys in 2025, 55 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 135 births
- Debut · boys
- 131 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 64,378since 1880
Dave over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,451 | 55 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,012 | 76 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,188 | 65 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,355 | 60 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,193 | 64 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,977 | 72 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,129 | 67 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,937 | 76 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,829 | 81 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,365 | 55 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,145 | 64 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,884 | 77 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,827 | 78 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,863 | 78 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,968 | 70 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,957 | 71 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,789 | 84 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,639 | 94 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,552 | 101 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,605 | 90 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,460 | 100 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,414 | 100 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,253 | 115 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,244 | 109 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,327 | 98 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,334 | 96 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,224 | 103 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,301 | 91 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,263 | 91 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,236 | 90 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,053 | 113 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,038 | 115 | |
| 1993 | — | #975 | 123 | |
| 1992 | — | #974 | 123 | |
| 1991 | — | #909 | 133 | |
| 1990 | — | #926 | 124 | |
| 1989 | — | #891 | 128 | |
| 1988 | — | #742 | 162 | |
| 1987 | — | #802 | 134 | |
| 1986 | — | #760 | 142 | |
| 1985 | — | #723 | 149 | |
| 1984 | — | #708 | 152 | |
| 1983 | — | #703 | 148 | |
| 1982 | — | #665 | 172 | |
| 1981 | — | #658 | 170 | |
| 1980 | — | #684 | 160 | |
| 1979 | — | #684 | 155 | |
| 1978 | — | #654 | 165 | |
| 1977 | — | #609 | 189 | |
| 1976 | — | #609 | 181 | |
| 1975 | — | #591 | 186 | |
| 1974 | — | #527 | 227 | |
| 1973 | — | #504 | 240 | |
| 1972 | — | #448 | 313 | |
| 1971 | — | #398 | 414 | |
| 1970 | — | #358 | 519 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #326 | 562 |
| 1968 | — | #284 | 666 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #258 | 774 |
| 1966 | — | #240 | 868 | |
| 1965 | — | #211 | 1,159 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #179 | 1,535 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #161 | 1,996 |
| 1962 | — | #145 | 2,362 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #130 | 2,802 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #122 | 3,050 |
| 1959 | — | #119 | 3,308 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #126 | 2,957 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #155 | 2,179 |
| 1956 | — | #200 | 1,355 | |
| 1955 | — | #223 | 1,050 | |
| 1954 | — | #240 | 834 | |
| 1953 | — | #245 | 768 | |
| 1952 | — | #242 | 769 | |
| 1951 | — | #246 | 743 | |
| 1950 | — | #216 | 874 | |
| 1949 | — | #182 | 1,163 | |
| 1948 | — | #161 | 1,508 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #155 | 1,693 |
| 1946 | — | #160 | 1,398 | |
| 1945 | — | #164 | 1,077 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #163 | 1,125 |
| 1943 | — | #167 | 1,089 | |
| 1942 | — | #162 | 1,054 | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #177 | 864 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #186 | 769 |
| 1939 | — | #193 | 663 | |
| 1938 | — | #203 | 626 | |
| 1937 | — | #205 | 593 | |
| 1936 | — | #220 | 525 | |
| 1935 | — | #247 | 469 | |
| 1934 | — | #251 | 458 | |
| 1933 | — | #271 | 375 | |
| 1932 | — | #277 | 387 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #282 | 383 |
| 1930 | — | #309 | 339 | |
| 1929 | — | #304 | 332 | |
| 1928 | — | #310 | 324 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #293 | 378 |
| 1926 | — | #301 | 353 | |
| 1925 | — | #300 | 362 | |
| 1924 | — | #309 | 343 | |
| 1923 | — | #324 | 322 | |
| 1922 | — | #318 | 325 | |
| 1921 | — | #331 | 320 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #291 | 373 |
| 1919 | — | #277 | 361 | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #287 | 358 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #289 | 322 |
| 1916 | — | #282 | 329 | |
| 1915 | — | #293 | 295 | |
| 1914 | — | #267 | 267 | |
| 1913 | — | #235 | 249 | |
| 1912 | — | #233 | 222 | |
| 1911 | — | #219 | 135 | |
| 1910 | — | #168 | 178 | |
| 1909 | — | #207 | 102 | |
| 1908 | — | #184 | 116 | |
| 1907 | — | #193 | 107 | |
| 1906 | — | #185 | 98 | |
| 1905 | — | #150 | 137 | |
| 1904 | — | #177 | 102 | |
| 1903 | — | #185 | 88 | |
| 1902 | — | #156 | 112 | |
| 1901 | — | #150 | 105 | |
| 1900 | — | #135 | 166 | |
| 1899 | — | #132 | 120 | |
| 1898 | — | #140 | 127 | |
| 1897 | — | #134 | 121 | |
| 1896 | — | #141 | 118 | |
| 1895 | — | #120 | 139 | |
| 1894 | — | #121 | 129 | |
| 1893 | — | #134 | 113 | |
| 1892 | — | #122 | 138 | |
| 1891 | — | #113 | 124 | |
| 1890 | — | #110 | 152 | |
| 1889 | — | #119 | 116 | |
| 1888 | — | #114 | 146 | |
| 1887 | — | #120 | 111 | |
| 1886 | — | #112 | 139 | |
| 1885 | — | #109 | 128 | |
| 1884 | — | #97 | 159 | |
| 1883 | — | #101 | 135 | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | #105 | 139 |
| 1881 | — | #95 | 135 | |
| 1880 | — | #102 | 131 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dave was already there! It came in at #102, and was given to 131 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2025, when fewer than 82 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dave
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 439 spots since 2024 (#2,012 → #2,451)
- 474 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #2,451)
- 306 spots since 2015 (#2,145 → #2,451)
- Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1988 (#802 → #742)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1989 (#742 → #891)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #95 (135 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 134 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · 1881–1884
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 645
- Highest: 1 in 645 boys born in 1959 were named Dave (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #95 in 1881, was only 1 in 746 (0.13%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 24.5% of all boys named Dave (15,774) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,339 | #95 (1881) | #107 |
| 1890s | 1,281 | #110 (1890) | #127 |
| 1900s | 1,133 | #135 (1900) | #172 |
| 1910s | 2,716 | #168 (1910) | #255 |
| 1920s | 3,432 | #291 (1920) | #308 |
| 1930s | 4,818 | #193 (1939) | #246 |
| 1940s | 11,740 | #155 (1947) | #168 |
| 1950s | 14,837 | #119 (1959) | #201 |
| 1960s | 15,774 | #122 (1960) | #206 |
| 1970s | 2,589 | #358 (1970) | #538 |
| 1980s | 1,517 | #658 (1981) | #734 |
| 1990s | 1,106 | #909 (1991) | #1,090 |
| 2000s | 987 | #1,244 (2002) | #1,462 |
| 2010s | 717 | #1,827 (2013) | #1,990 |
| 2020s | 392 | #1,977 (2020) | #2,196 |
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.
Dave in 1981
boys
#658
170 births · 1 in 10,536 boys
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 10,536 of them was named Dave, which outranked 91.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).