Meaning not yet researched.
Dave: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 55 in 2025. Its best rank was #95 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #95 in 1881; #2,456 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dave in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,456 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #95.
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Dave: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 55 boys in 2025. Peak: #95 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 3,308 (1959).
In 2025, 55 US boys were named Dave, making it the 2,456th most common boys’ name of the year, down 439 places from #2,017 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 76 boys named Dave in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #95, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,308, in 1959. For comparison, it was #2,152 in 2015 and #216 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dave in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 131 babies with the name. In all, 64,492 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 15,808 babies named Dave.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 671 US boys were named Dave; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 81. In 2025 that was about 1 in 31,056 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dave ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #1,021 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include David (3,689,613 babies since 1880), Davey (3,568 babies since 1880) and Davy (3,008 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dav are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Davey.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Dav (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 13 | #1,021 | #1,297 |
| New York | 6 | #1,615 | #1,086 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,659 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 55 | #2,456 |
| 2024 | — | — | 76 | #2,017 |
| 2023 | — | — | 65 | #2,194 |
| 2022 | — | — | 60 | #2,357 |
| 2021 | — | — | 64 | #2,200 |
| 2020 | — | — | 72 | #1,982 |
| 2019 | — | — | 67 | #2,137 |
| 2018 | — | — | 76 | #1,941 |
| 2017 | — | — | 81 | #1,831 |
| 2016 | — | — | 55 | #2,369 |
| 2015 | — | — | 64 | #2,152 |
| 2014 | — | — | 77 | #1,893 |
| 2013 | — | — | 78 | #1,833 |
| 2012 | — | — | 78 | #1,865 |
| 2011 | — | — | 70 | #1,972 |
| 2010 | — | — | 71 | #1,960 |
| 2009 | — | — | 84 | #1,791 |
| 2008 | — | — | 94 | #1,642 |
| 2007 | — | — | 101 | #1,555 |
| 2006 | — | — | 90 | #1,605 |
| 2005 | — | — | 100 | #1,463 |
| 2004 | — | — | 100 | #1,418 |
| 2003 | — | — | 115 | #1,255 |
| 2002 | — | — | 109 | #1,245 |
| 2001 | — | — | 98 | #1,328 |
| 2000 | — | — | 96 | #1,335 |
| 1999 | — | — | 103 | #1,224 |
| 1998 | — | — | 91 | #1,303 |
| 1997 | — | — | 91 | #1,266 |
| 1996 | — | — | 90 | #1,238 |
| 1995 | — | — | 113 | #1,056 |
| 1994 | — | — | 115 | #1,039 |
| 1993 | — | — | 123 | #975 |
| 1992 | — | — | 123 | #974 |
| 1991 | — | — | 133 | #911 |
| 1990 | — | — | 124 | #926 |
| 1989 | — | — | 128 | #891 |
| 1988 | — | — | 162 | #743 |
| 1987 | — | — | 134 | #803 |
| 1986 | — | — | 142 | #762 |
| 1985 | — | — | 149 | #723 |
| 1984 | — | — | 152 | #708 |
| 1983 | — | — | 148 | #704 |
| 1982 | — | — | 172 | #666 |
| 1981 | — | — | 170 | #658 |
| 1980 | — | — | 160 | #685 |
| 1979 | — | — | 155 | #686 |
| 1978 | — | — | 165 | #654 |
| 1977 | — | — | 189 | #610 |
| 1976 | — | — | 181 | #609 |
| 1975 | — | — | 186 | #591 |
| 1974 | — | — | 227 | #527 |
| 1973 | — | — | 240 | #504 |
| 1972 | — | — | 313 | #448 |
| 1971 | — | — | 414 | #398 |
| 1970 | — | — | 519 | #358 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,706 | 562 | #326 |
| 1968 | — | — | 666 | #284 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,009 | 774 | #258 |
| 1966 | — | — | 868 | #240 |
| 1965 | — | — | 1,159 | #211 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,967 | 1,535 | #179 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,806 | 1,996 | #161 |
| 1962 | — | — | 2,362 | #145 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,977 | 2,802 | #130 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,846 | 3,050 | #122 |
| 1959 | — | — | 3,308 | #119 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,007 | 2,957 | #126 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,013 | 2,179 | #155 |
| 1956 | — | — | 1,355 | #200 |
| 1955 | — | — | 1,050 | #223 |
| 1954 | — | — | 834 | #240 |
| 1953 | — | — | 768 | #245 |
| 1952 | — | — | 769 | #242 |
| 1951 | — | — | 743 | #246 |
| 1950 | — | — | 874 | #216 |
| 1949 | — | — | 1,163 | #182 |
| 1948 | — | — | 1,508 | #161 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,471 | 1,693 | #155 |
| 1946 | — | — | 1,398 | #160 |
| 1945 | — | — | 1,077 | #164 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,445 | 1,125 | #163 |
| 1943 | — | — | 1,089 | #167 |
| 1942 | — | — | 1,054 | #162 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,647 | 864 | #177 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,579 | 769 | #186 |
| 1939 | — | — | 663 | #193 |
| 1938 | — | — | 626 | #203 |
| 1937 | — | — | 593 | #205 |
| 1936 | — | — | 525 | #220 |
| 1935 | — | — | 469 | #247 |
| 1934 | — | — | 458 | #251 |
| 1933 | — | — | 375 | #271 |
| 1932 | — | — | 387 | #277 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,560 | 383 | #283 |
| 1930 | — | — | 339 | #309 |
| 1929 | — | — | 332 | #304 |
| 1928 | — | — | 324 | #310 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,940 | 378 | #293 |
| 1926 | — | — | 353 | #301 |
| 1925 | — | — | 362 | #300 |
| 1924 | — | — | 343 | #309 |
| 1923 | — | — | 322 | #324 |
| 1922 | — | — | 325 | #318 |
| 1921 | — | — | 320 | #332 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,510 | 373 | #291 |
| 1919 | — | — | 361 | #277 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,300 | 358 | #287 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,748 | 322 | #289 |
| 1916 | — | — | 329 | #282 |
| 1915 | — | — | 295 | #293 |
| 1914 | — | — | 267 | #267 |
| 1913 | — | — | 249 | #235 |
| 1912 | — | — | 222 | #233 |
| 1911 | — | — | 135 | #219 |
| 1910 | — | — | 178 | #169 |
| 1909 | — | — | 102 | #209 |
| 1908 | — | — | 116 | #184 |
| 1907 | — | — | 107 | #193 |
| 1906 | — | — | 98 | #185 |
| 1905 | — | — | 137 | #150 |
| 1904 | — | — | 102 | #177 |
| 1903 | — | — | 88 | #185 |
| 1902 | — | — | 112 | #157 |
| 1901 | — | — | 105 | #150 |
| 1900 | — | — | 166 | #135 |
| 1899 | — | — | 120 | #133 |
| 1898 | — | — | 127 | #140 |
| 1897 | — | — | 121 | #134 |
| 1896 | — | — | 118 | #141 |
| 1895 | — | — | 139 | #120 |
| 1894 | — | — | 129 | #121 |
| 1893 | — | — | 113 | #134 |
| 1892 | — | — | 138 | #122 |
| 1891 | — | — | 124 | #113 |
| 1890 | — | — | 152 | #110 |
| 1889 | — | — | 116 | #120 |
| 1888 | — | — | 146 | #114 |
| 1887 | — | — | 111 | #120 |
| 1886 | — | — | 139 | #112 |
| 1885 | — | — | 128 | #109 |
| 1884 | — | — | 159 | #97 |
| 1883 | — | — | 135 | #101 |
| 1882 | 5 | #939 | 139 | #106 |
| 1881 | — | — | 135 | #95 |
| 1880 | — | — | 131 | #102 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).