Davon — #1561 US boys' name
13,318 babies named Davon in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Davon was born in this single decade.
567 babies were named Davon in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Davon
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,318 babies named Davon between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Davon currently holds the #1561 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 567 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Davon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,750 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Davon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,514 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Davon in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Davon 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 13,318 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.
Davon at a glance
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Current rank
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Davon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1961
- Peak year (1994)
- 567
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
Currently ranks #1561 among boys.
13,318 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 567 births in a single year.
Davon popularity over time — girls
367 total births recorded since 1966 (Davon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Davon accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Davon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 4,750 births that decade — 36% of Davon's all-time total
Davon decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,750 births
- Runner-up 3,697 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Davon's strongest decade
4,750 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Davon by state
Where Davon concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,514 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 1,327 | 10.0% |
| #3 | California | | 1,014 | 7.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 800 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 689 | 5.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 611 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 534 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Florida | | 533 | 4.0% |
1,514 of 13,318 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.4% of nationwide
- Maryland 10.0% of nationwide
- California 7.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Davon appears in 33 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, 1961–2024 (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.