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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dava

Dava was the 15473rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 1426th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,899 places. More babies were named Dava in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#15,473 girls, down 3,009 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
5girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
195450 babies
Total since 1880
1,487babies recorded

Dava popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#15,4735
2020#12,4647
2010#12,5788
2000#6,89515
1990#5,89815
1980#4,18418
1970#2,02341
1960#2,44924
1950#3,48010
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How popular is Dava, counting every spelling?

Dava has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Dava?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dava (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Dava born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dava.

Chance of another Dava in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Dava?

About 1,300 people born in the US named Dava are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 35 and 63. That makes Dava mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Dava by state

How common Dava was among girls born in each state in 1952–1956, around its peak. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMO0.02Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Dava, girls, 1952–1956. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Dava

How popular is the name Dava?

Dava was the 15473rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 1426th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,899 places. More babies were named Dava in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Dava a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Dava in the US.

Where was Dava most popular?

In 1952–1956, Dava was most common in Missouri (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Illinois.