Girls' name · since 1932
Davetta
543 babies named Davetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 543
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
543 girls have been named Davetta since 1932, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Davetta has 543 recorded births among girls since 1932, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1932 to 1995.
- #11,258 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 543 born since 1932
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davetta ranks #11,258 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 543 born since 1932, peaking in the 1960s.
- #11,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 543
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
Davetta's 543 recorded births place it above 84.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Davetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Davetta splits its recorded history at 1969: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1932 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Davetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1995
- Peak year (1972)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Davetta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (141 births, 26% of the file).
1960s was Davetta's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Davetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 45
1940s
45 births
- 1950s
1950s
80 births
- 1960s
1960s
141 births
- 1970s
1970s
131 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s 49
1990s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 141 births (26% of all-time use).
How Davetta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Davetta's total volume
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What to do with Davetta's data
- Davetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (141 total births) through the 1990s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Davetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1932–1995 (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 Davetta 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.