Davalyn — girls' name
16 babies named Davalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Davalyn since 1985, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2005.
- 16
- total births
- 1985–2005
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Davalyn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Davalyn in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Davalyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Davalyn between 1985 and 2005, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Davalyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Davalyn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Davalyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Davalyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Davalyn at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Davalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1985
- Peak year (2005)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
16 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 6 births in a single year.
Davalyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 63% of Davalyn's all-time total
Davalyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Davalyn's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.