Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dava

#5,418 most common girls' name of all time · #9,179 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1931–2025

Rank among girls
#5,418
Rank overall
#9,179 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
1,487
Since 2016
65
Peak year
1954 #1,435
Best rank
#1,435 1954
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
19401960198020002020

Dava first appears in 1931. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 5 #15,165
2024 6 6 #13,685
2023 5 5 #15,481
2021 8 8 #11,294
2020 7 7 #12,323
2019 7 7 #12,623
2018 7 7 #12,630
2017 13 13 #8,376
2016 7 7 #13,033
2015 13 13 #8,520
2014 6 6 #14,784
2013 10 10 #10,329
2012 8 8 #12,351
2011 8 8 #12,302
2010 8 8 #12,427
2008 11 11 #10,175
2007 12 12 #9,613
2006 6 6 #15,339
2005 7 7 #13,181
2004 8 8 #11,781
2003 8 8 #11,468
2002 14 14 #7,515
2001 5 5 #15,646
2000 15 15 #6,879
1999 8 8 #10,487
1998 19 19 #5,414
1997 21 21 #4,858
1996 14 14 #6,458
1995 15 15 #6,022
1994 10 10 #8,246
1993 13 13 #6,693
1992 18 18 #5,328
1991 18 18 #5,234
1990 15 15 #5,903
1989 22 22 #4,268
1988 28 28 #3,416
1987 13 13 #5,689
1986 19 19 #4,223
1985 18 18 #4,341
1984 12 12 #5,637
1983 22 22 #3,593
1982 20 20 #3,944
1981 18 18 #4,209
1980 18 18 #4,199
1979 29 29 #2,960
1978 28 28 #2,899
1977 38 38 #2,356
1976 31 31 #2,574
1975 22 22 #3,206
1974 25 25 #2,866
1973 28 28 #2,588
1972 36 36 #2,154
1971 24 24 #2,905
1970 41 41 #2,035
1969 38 38 #2,044
1968 33 33 #2,108
1967 34 34 #2,029
1966 25 25 #2,435
1965 28 28 #2,277
1964 22 22 #2,713
1963 11 11 #4,144
1962 19 19 #2,893
1961 28 28 #2,278
1960 24 24 #2,481
1959 30 30 #2,093
1958 18 18 #2,813
1957 19 19 #2,698
1956 24 24 #2,296
1955 37 37 #1,718
1954 50 50 #1,435
1953 34 34 #1,730
1952 14 14 #3,008
1951 22 22 #2,171
1950 10 10 #3,599
1949 11 11 #3,328
1948 14 14 #2,804
1947 15 15 #2,741
1946 13 13 #2,850
1945 8 8 #3,629
1944 7 7 #3,966
1943 9 9 #3,452
1942 7 7 #4,048
1941 7 7 #3,889
1939 6 6 #4,175
1938 9 9 #3,162
1937 9 9 #3,131
1931 5 5 #4,922