girls:
105 births since 1977
#5611 (2nd percentile)
boys:
6.4k births since 1970
#1469 (68th percentile)
overall:
6.5k births since 1970
#3340 (57th percentile)
The name Davian is the #3,340 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,544 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 56.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,469 (68.0% percentile) for all time with 6,439 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,611 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1977.
Davian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Davian is available in 52 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 12 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 Davian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Davian reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 37.8% percentile (ranked #550) with 171 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 171 births per million (ranked 37.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Davian ranks #742 for boys (18.6% percentile) with 95 births per million, which is 55.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Davian reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #881) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Davian".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Davian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Davian is pronounced as DAY-vee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DA-vee-uhn, at 11.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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