Davida — #12181 US girls' name
4,026 babies named Davida in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Davida was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Davida in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Davida
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,026 babies named Davida between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Davida currently holds the #12181 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 103 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Davida performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 813 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Davida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 232 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Davida in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Davida 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 4,026 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.
Davida at a glance
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Current rank
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Davida popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1972)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #12181 among girls.
4,026 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 103 births in a single year.
Davida popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1971 (Davida as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Davida accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Davida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 813 births that decade — 20% of Davida's all-time total
Davida decade highlights
- Peak decade 813 births
- Runner-up 811 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Davida's strongest decade
813 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Davida by state
Where Davida concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 232 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 203 | 5.0% |
| #3 | California | | 167 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 115 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 100 | 2.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 83 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 55 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 54 | 1.3% |
232 of 4,026 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.0% of nationwide
- California 4.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Davida appears in 16 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, 1912–2024 (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.