Dave

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Dave is a given name, often a shortened form of the names David, Davey, or others. The name means "beloved". Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Dave first appears in the data in 1954 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1976 with 232 babies (rank #81 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dave

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dave yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,782
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
232
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

Famous people named Dave

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19542#24
19552#676
19575#624
19586#600
19598#578
19606#607
196110#528
196214#467
19639#565
196411#537
196524#384
196627#363
196748#280
196847#279
196980#216
197064#244
197176#220
1972129#148
1973134#137
1974125#144
1975152#119
1976232#81
1977185#101
1978175#105
1979162#114
1980196#100
1981172#107
1982177#107
1983165#117
1984136#134
1985171#115
1986187#110
1987166#119
1988186#105
1989170#117
1990165#126
1991194#109
1992145#137
1993165#119
1994158#128
1995201#101
1996202#97
1997188#108
1998206#96
1999196#105
2000166#130
2001169#122
2002161#128
2003140#145
2004112#162
200583#207
200689#192
200776#216
200876#210
200984#185
201079#194
201174#201
201282#176
201362#219
201450#255