Names / Boy names
Daven
Current rank
#3,865
and easing
All-time peak
#1,462
in 2002
First recorded
1955
in U.S. data
Children named
2,600
since 1955
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,462 in 2002 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(DAY-vun): beloved, often treated as a modern relation of David. Soft and easy. Stateside, it first appears in 1955. Its strongest year was 2002, at #1,462 nationally. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. More than 2,600 children have been given the name overall.