Dava
Dava is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 195450 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1931
- 1,482people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,482 girls have been named Dava in the United States since 1931, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 50 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1970s alone account for 20%.
By decade
In 1954, its biggest year
Dava was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Dava
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jolynpeak 1969
- Linnettepeak 1971
- Zandrapeak 1970
- Milindapeak 1972
- Tanapeak 1962
- Andrapeak 1959
- Renaepeak 1970
- Celindapeak 1954
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.