Daven — #4593 US boys' name
2,515 babies named Daven in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Daven was born in this single decade.
104 babies were named Daven in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daven
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,515 babies named Daven between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daven currently holds the #4593 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 104 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 849 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Daven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 205 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Daven in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daven 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 2,515 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.
Daven at a glance
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Current rank
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Daven popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (2007)
- 104
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #4593 among boys.
2,515 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 104 births in a single year.
Daven popularity over time — girls
92 total births recorded since 1978 (Daven as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Daven accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Daven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 849 births that decade — 34% of Daven's all-time total
Daven decade highlights
- Peak decade 849 births
- Runner-up 521 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Daven's strongest decade
849 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Daven by state
Where Daven concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 205 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 176 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 52 | 2.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 32 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 17 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 11 | 0.4% |
205 of 2,515 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.2% of nationwide
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
- Florida 2.1% of nationwide
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Daven appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1955–2024 (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.