girls:
1.5k births since 1931
#4264 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1931
#6269 (19th percentile)
The name Dava is the #6,269 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,476 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 19.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,264 (25.4% percentile) for all time with 1,476 births since 1931.
Dava first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (first recorded for girls in 1931). Birth data for Dava is available in 85 out of the 93 years between 1931 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Dava reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #678) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1954, with 25 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dava ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 11.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dava".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dava. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.1% confident that Dava is pronounced as DAY-vuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-vuh, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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