Davon

Where Davon comes from

Davon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #4,065 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1986
    Davon Jefferson born
    American basketball player
  4. 1994
    Peak, #403
    567 babies named Davon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1995
    Davon Reed born
    Puerto Rican-American basketball player
  6. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #908.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Davon Reed · Puerto Rican-American basketball player, born 1995
  • Davon Jefferson · American basketball player, born 1986
  • Davon Godchaux · American football player, born 1994
  • Davon House · American football player, born 1989
  • Davon Coleman · American football player, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.