Girls' name · since 2012

Davayah

Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Davayah, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#34,518 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,448 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
52
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade

52 babies have been named Davayah since 2012, making it today's #16448 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davayah has been recorded 52 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #16448 nationally and more common than 5% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.

  • #34,518 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,448 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 52 born since 2012
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davayah ranks #34,518 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,448 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 52 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.

#34,518 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,448 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
52
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%4.9%
Davayah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Davayah's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Davayah compares

52 16th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Davayah's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Davayah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 52 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Davayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Davayah splits its recorded history at 2016: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Davayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2018)
10
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
4681012 20122013201420152016201820242025 5

Davayah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (41 births, 79% of the file).

2010s was Davayah's strongest decade.

41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.

Davayah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 41 births (79% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Davayah?
Since 2012, Social Security records show 52 babies named Davayah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #34,518 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,448 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2018, with 10 births.
Where does Davayah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davayah ranks #34,518 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,448 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Davayah most popular?
Davayah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 41 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Davayah been used?
The SSA has tracked Davayah since 2012 -- 14 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Davayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include David, Davina, Davida, Dava, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Davayah's data

  • Davayah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- 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.

Keep exploring Davayah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Davayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2012–2025 (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 Davayah 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.