Davell — boys' name
299 babies named Davell in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
299 boys have been named Davell since 1973, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2021.
- 299
- total births
- 1973–2021
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
36% of everyone ever named Davell was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Davell in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Davell
The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Davell between 1973 and 2021, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Davell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Davell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Davell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Davell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Davell 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 299 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.
Davell at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Davell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1973
- Peak year (1993)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
299 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 20 births in a single year.
Davell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 108 births that decade — 36% of Davell's all-time total
Davell decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Davell's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Davell by state
Where Davell concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2021 (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.