Davene — girls' name
234 babies named Davene in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
234 girls have been named Davene since 1938, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1980.
- 234
- total births
- 1938–1980
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Davene was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Davene in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Davene
The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Davene between 1938 and 1980, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Davene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Davene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Davene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Davene 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 234 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.
Davene at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Davene popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1938
- Peak year (1952)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
234 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 13 births in a single year.
Davene popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Davene as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Davene accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Davene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 79 births that decade — 34% of Davene's all-time total
Davene decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Davene's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1938–1980 (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.