Daven

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2002 · 87 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,543
since 1955

Daven over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Daven has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #1,459, 2002boys
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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#3,84828
2024#4,57122
2023#3,71230
2022#3,41234
2021#4,01126
2020#3,02538
2019#3,71629
2018#3,05538
2017#2,84042
2016#2,93540
2015#2,91940
2014#2,23060
2013#2,29955
2012#2,09165
2011#1,90573
2010#1,83479
2009#1,79783
2008#1,76085
2007#17,6365#1,516104
2006#1,54396
2005#1,52593
2004#1,54286
2003#1,61178
2002#1,45987
2001#12,0567#1,67769
2000#13,1546#1,68168
1999#1,60467
1998#14,1225#2,01247
1997#9,8028#1,75355
1996#1,63859
1995#1,64855
1994#10,5697#1,60857
1993#1,72150
1992#1,75048
1991#8,5889#1,69948
1990#8,5019#2,30830
1989#12,3625#1,89139
1988#2,19728
1987#2,21526
1986#2,22625
1985#1,91630
1984#2,43720
1983#1,95527
1982#2,11125
1981#10,4115#3,03014
1980#9,0956#2,36721
1979#7,3138#2,46519
1978#5,21412#2,47318
1977#2,20221
1976#3,7249
1975#2,75114
1974#2,45916
1973#2,40516
1972#3,9637
1971#3,14610
1970#3,07110
1969#2,86110
1968#2,10915
1967#2,7609
1966#2,9868
1965#3,2447
1964#2,66510
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1961#3,3567
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five boys were named Daven! It came in at #3,886, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Daven is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMINew York: #1,262 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,693 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,497 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 23,665 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Daven, so not publishedHITexas: #1,291 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 16,939 boysTXFlorida: #1,443 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 17,226 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,262 · 1 in 13,693
  2. Texas#1,291 · 1 in 16,939
  3. Florida#1,443 · 1 in 17,226
  4. California#1,497 · 1 in 23,665

Best ever in a state: #549 in Oklahoma, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#1,26281 in 13,693
Texas#1,291111 in 16,939
Florida#1,44361 in 17,226
California#1,497111 in 23,665
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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 Daven
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 723 spots since 2024 (#4,571#3,848)
  • 823 spots since 2020 (#3,025#3,848)
  • 929 spots since 2015 (#2,919#3,848)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 2002 at #1,459 (87 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,956
  • Highest: 1 in 19,956 boys born in 2007 were named Daven (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,459 in 2002, was only 1 in 22,316 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 33.4% of all boys named Daven (849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s12#3,275 (1958)#3,581
1960s72#2,109 (1968)#2,953
1970s140#2,202 (1977)#2,866
1980s255#1,891 (1989)#2,235
1990s516#1,604 (1999)#1,774
2000s849#1,459 (2002)#1,611
2010s521#1,834 (2010)#2,582
2020s178#3,025 (2020)#3,763

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.

Daven in 2006

boys
#1,543
96 births · 1 in 21,409 boys

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #1,543Daven96
More about 2006

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 21,409 of them was named Daven, which outranked 89.0% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daven
  1. #1,536Jarell97
  2. #1,536Jayshawn97
  3. #1,536Jim97
  4. #1,543Daven96
  5. #1,543Chayse96
  6. #1,543Kalib96
  7. #1,543Landry96
  8. #1,551Avion95
  9. #1,551Bradford95
  10. #1,551Colson95

Tied with 7 names at #1,543; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 792Bode#1,648#856
  2. 790Talen#1,691#901
  3. 677Kingston#1,603#926
  4. 634Imanol#1,619#985
  5. 590Yandel#1,266#676
Fallers
  1. 2,208Baby#945#3,153
  2. 609Kanye#892#1,501
  3. 442Amarion#628#1,070
  4. 308Omarion#420#728
  5. 224Johnpaul#739#963

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

See the top 100 for 2006