Girls' name · since 1946
Davena
Since 1946, U.S. Social Security records show 412 babies named Davena, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 412
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Davena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 412 recorded since 1946.
Davena has 412 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2024.
- #13,274 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 412 born since 1946
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davena ranks #13,274 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 412 born since 1946, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 412
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Davena's 412 recorded births place it above 81.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Davena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Davena's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Davena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2024
- Peak year (1980)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Davena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (106 births, 26% of the file).
1970s was Davena's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Davena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 24
1950s
24 births
- 1960s
1960s
91 births
- 1970s
1970s
106 births
- 1980s
1980s
91 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 106 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Davena's decade-level peak was the 1970s (106 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Davena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1946–2024 (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 Davena 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.