girls:
92 births since 1978
#5624 (2nd percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1955
#2532 (45th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1955
#5269 (32nd percentile)
The name Daven is the #5,269 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,584 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 31.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,532 (44.8% percentile) for all time with 2,492 births since 1955. For girls, it ranks #5,624 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 92 births since 1978.
Daven first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for boys and 1978 for girls). Birth data for Daven is available in 64 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (64 years for boys and 13 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 Daven has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Daven reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #784) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 47 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Daven ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 34.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Daven reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #749) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% 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 "Daven".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Daven. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.1% confident that Daven is pronounced as DAY-vuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-VEHN, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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