girls:
78 births since 2000
#5638 (1st percentile)
boys:
253 births since 1978
#4333 (5th percentile)
overall:
331 births since 1978
#7408 (4th percentile)
The name Davan is the #7,408 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 331 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,333 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 253 births since 1978. For girls, it ranks #5,638 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 78 births since 2000.
Davan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Davan is available in 30 out of the 43 years between 1978 and 2020 (30 years for boys and 8 years for girls). 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.
The name Davan has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Davan were boys.
For boys, Davan reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #815) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
For girls, Davan reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #924) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Davan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Davan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.2% confident that Davan is pronounced as DAY-vuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-VAN, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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