Davonn — boys' name
246 babies named Davonn in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
246 boys have been named Davonn since 1986, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2019.
- 246
- total births
- 1986–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Davonn was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Davonn in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Davonn
The Social Security Administration has registered 246 babies named Davonn between 1986 and 2019, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Davonn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Davonn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Davonn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Davonn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Davonn 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 246 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.
Davonn at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Davonn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1986
- Peak year (1994)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
246 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 16 births in a single year.
Davonn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 107 births that decade — 43% of Davonn's all-time total
Davonn decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Davonn's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Davonn by state
Where Davonn concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 246 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2019 (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.