Girls' name · since 1971
Davana
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Davana, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
44 girls have been named Davana since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Davana has 44 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2003.
- #36,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davana ranks #36,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Davana's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Davana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Davana's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Davana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2003
- Peak year (1974)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Davana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (22 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Davana's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Davana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Davana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Davana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Davana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.