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

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Peak · boys
#95
1881 · 135 births
Debut · boys
1880
131 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
64,378
since 1880

Dave over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #95, 1881boys
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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—#2,45155
2024—#2,01276
2023—#2,18865
2022—#2,35560
2021—#2,19364
2020—#1,97772
2019—#2,12967
2018—#1,93776
2017—#1,82981
2016—#2,36555
2015—#2,14564
2014—#1,88477
2013—#1,82778
2012—#1,86378
2011—#1,96870
2010—#1,95771
2009—#1,78984
2008—#1,63994
2007—#1,552101
2006—#1,60590
2005—#1,460100
2004—#1,414100
2003—#1,253115
2002—#1,244109
2001—#1,32798
2000—#1,33496
1999—#1,224103
1998—#1,30191
1997—#1,26391
1996—#1,23690
1995—#1,053113
1994—#1,038115
1993—#975123
1992—#974123
1991—#909133
1990—#926124
1989—#891128
1988—#742162
1987—#802134
1986—#760142
1985—#723149
1984—#708152
1983—#703148
1982—#665172
1981—#658170
1980—#684160
1979—#684155
1978—#654165
1977—#609189
1976—#609181
1975—#591186
1974—#527227
1973—#504240
1972—#448313
1971—#398414
1970—#358519
1969#7,4715#326562
1968—#284666
1967#6,8045#258774
1966—#240868
1965—#2111,159
1964#6,7675#1791,535
1963#6,5925#1611,996
1962—#1452,362
1961#4,8828#1302,802
1960#5,6966#1223,050
1959—#1193,308
1958#4,8907#1262,957
1957#4,9187#1552,179
1956—#2001,355
1955—#2231,050
1954—#240834
1953—#245768
1952—#242769
1951—#246743
1950—#216874
1949—#1821,163
1948—#1611,508
1947#5,2955#1551,693
1946—#1601,398
1945—#1641,077
1944#3,3788#1631,125
1943—#1671,089
1942—#1621,054
1941#3,5597#177864
1940#3,5037#186769
1939—#193663
1938—#203626
1937—#205593
1936—#220525
1935—#247469
1934—#251458
1933—#271375
1932—#277387
1931#3,4977#282383
1930—#309339
1929—#304332
1928—#310324
1927#3,8757#293378
1926—#301353
1925—#300362
1924—#309343
1923—#324322
1922—#318325
1921—#331320
1920#4,3986#291373
1919—#277361
1918#3,2449#287358
1917#4,5945#289322
1916—#282329
1915—#293295
1914—#267267
1913—#235249
1912—#233222
1911—#219135
1910—#168178
1909—#207102
1908—#184116
1907—#193107
1906—#18598
1905—#150137
1904—#177102
1903—#18588
1902—#156112
1901—#150105
1900—#135166
1899—#132120
1898—#140127
1897—#134121
1896—#141118
1895—#120139
1894—#121129
1893—#134113
1892—#122138
1891—#113124
1890—#110152
1889—#119116
1888—#114146
1887—#120111
1886—#112139
1885—#109128
1884—#97159
1883—#101135
1882#9085#105139
1881—#95135
1880—#102131
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,339#95 (1881)#107
1890s1,281#110 (1890)#127
1900s1,133#135 (1900)#172
1910s2,716#168 (1910)#255
1920s3,432#291 (1920)#308
1930s4,818#193 (1939)#246
1940s11,740#155 (1947)#168
1950s14,837#119 (1959)#201
1960s15,774#122 (1960)#206
1970s2,589#358 (1970)#538
1980s1,517#658 (1981)#734
1990s1,106#909 (1991)#1,090
2000s987#1,244 (2002)#1,462
2010s717#1,827 (2013)#1,990
2020s392#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 2002

boys
#1,244
109 births · 1 in 17,812 boys

Top boys' names in 2002

  1. #1Jacob30,586
  2. #2Michael28,258
  3. #3Joshua25,998
  4. #4Matthew25,154
  5. #5Ethan22,113
  6. #6Andrew22,037
  7. #7Joseph21,920
  8. #8Christopher21,689
  9. #9Nicholas21,390
  10. #10Daniel21,352
  11. #1,244Dave109
More about 2002

boys

1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 17,812 of them was named Dave, which outranked 90.0% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dave
  1. #1,236Stewart110
  2. #1,236Van110
  3. #1,236Yair110
  4. #1,244Dave109
  5. #1,244Bishop109
  6. #1,244Floyd109
  7. #1,244Jericho109
  8. #1,258Bodie108
  9. #1,258Esai108
  10. #1,258Favian108

Tied with 13 names at #1,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 10,021Omarion#10,556 → #535
  2. ↑ 3,583Amarion#4,302 → #719
  3. ↑ 3,370Yahir#3,974 → #604
  4. ↑ 1,466Gael#2,185 → #719
  5. ↑ 1,287Lisandro#2,185 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 546Daunte#968 → #1,514
  2. ↓ 405Imanol#921 → #1,326
  3. ↓ 376Shemar#594 → #970
  4. ↓ 347Jade#958 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 311Jalon#873 → #1,184

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →