Dave

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Dave first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 3,308 babies (rank #119 that year). In 2024 it was given to 76 boys (rank #2,012). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
64,442
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
3,308
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880131#102
1881135#95
1882139#106
1883135#101
1884159#97
1885128#109
1886139#112
1887111#120
1888146#114
1889116#120
1890152#110
1891124#113
1892138#122
1893113#134
1894129#121
1895139#120
1896118#141
1897121#134
1898127#140
1899120#133
1900166#135
1901105#150
1902112#157
190388#185
1904102#177
1905137#150
190698#185
1907107#193
1908116#184
1909102#209
1910178#169
1911135#219
1912222#233
1913249#235
1914267#267
1915295#293
1916329#282
1917322#289
1918358#287
1919361#277
1920373#291
1921320#332
1922325#318
1923322#324
1924343#309
1925362#300
1926353#301
1927378#293
1928324#310
1929332#304
1930339#309
1931383#283
1932387#277
1933375#272
1934458#251
1935469#247
1936525#220
1937593#205
1938626#203
1939663#193
1940769#186
1941864#177
19421,054#162
19431,089#167
19441,125#163
19451,077#164
19461,398#160
19471,693#155
19481,508#161
19491,163#182
1950874#216
1951743#246
1952768#243
1953768#245
1954834#240
19551,051#223
19561,355#200
19572,181#155
19582,958#126
19593,308#119
19603,050#122
19612,802#130
19622,362#145
19631,996#161
19641,535#179
19651,159#211
1966868#240
1967773#258
1968667#284
1969562#326
1970521#357
1971414#398
1972313#448
1973240#504
1974227#527
1975186#591
1976181#609
1977189#610
1978165#654
1979155#686
1980160#685
1981170#658
1982172#666
1983148#704
1984152#708
1985150#721
1986142#762
1987134#803
1988162#743
1989128#891
1990124#926
1991133#911
1992123#974
1993123#975
1994115#1,039
1995113#1,056
199690#1,238
199791#1,266
199891#1,303
1999103#1,224
200096#1,335
200198#1,328
2002109#1,245
2003115#1,255
2004100#1,418
2005100#1,463
200690#1,605
2007101#1,555
200894#1,642
200984#1,791
201071#1,960
201170#1,972
201278#1,864
201378#1,833
201477#1,893
201564#2,152
201655#2,369
201781#1,830
201876#1,941
201966#2,152
202072#1,981
202164#2,200
202260#2,356
202365#2,194
202476#2,012