Davena — #15517 US girls' name
412 babies named Davena in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Davena was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Davena in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Davena
The Social Security Administration has registered 412 babies named Davena between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Davena currently holds the #15517 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Davena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Davena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Davena 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 412 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.
Davena at a glance
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Current rank
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Davena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1980)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #15517 among girls.
412 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 17 births in a single year.
Davena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 106 births that decade — 26% of Davena's all-time total
Davena decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Davena's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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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, 1946–2024 (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.