Dava
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-vuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Dava is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Dava come from?
Hebrew: probably a feminine form of David
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dava a girl's or a boy's name?
Dava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Dava, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1931.
Half of all the girls named Dava in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,135 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,421 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,706 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
Names like Dava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Danna, Lisa, Rebecca, Danielle, Ana, Dina, Darla, Mara, Jana, Tara, Michelle, Diana
Names related to Dava
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dava: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dava, updated 20 October 2026.