Dave
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Dave is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).
What does Dave mean?
Hebrew: short form of David
“beloved”
A short form of David, the biblical shepherd boy who became king of Israel.
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Is Dave a girl's or a boy's name?
Dave is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dave in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Dave, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dave in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 44 boys in the UK were given Dave or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #741, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Dev 33
- Dave 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Dave in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
How popular is Dave in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,451among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 31,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Dave, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 3,308 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Dave than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Dave in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 181 boys in the US were given Dave or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,055, up from #2,451 for this spelling alone.
- Dev 126
- Dave 55
Dave in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,451 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,012 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 76 | #1,936 |
| 2017 | 81 | #1,829 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 70 | #1,967 |
| 2010 | 71 | #1,956 |
| 2009 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 101 | #1,552 |
| 2006 | 90 | #1,605 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,459 |
| 2004 | 100 | #1,412 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,252 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,323 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,331 |
| 1999 | 103 | #1,222 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,260 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,234 |
| 1995 | 113 | #1,050 |
| 1994 | 115 | #1,034 |
| 1993 | 123 | #972 |
| 1992 | 123 | #971 |
| 1991 | 133 | #905 |
| 1990 | 124 | #922 |
| 1989 | 128 | #888 |
| 1988 | 162 | #741 |
| 1987 | 134 | #801 |
| 1986 | 142 | #760 |
| 1985 | 149 | #723 |
| 1984 | 152 | #708 |
| 1983 | 148 | #703 |
| 1982 | 172 | #665 |
| 1981 | 170 | #658 |
| 1980 | 160 | #684 |
| 1979 | 155 | #684 |
| 1978 | 165 | #654 |
| 1977 | 189 | #609 |
| 1976 | 181 | #609 |
| 1975 | 186 | #591 |
| 1974 | 227 | #527 |
| 1973 | 240 | #504 |
| 1972 | 313 | #448 |
| 1971 | 414 | #398 |
| 1970 | 519 | #358 |
| 1969 | 562 | #326 |
| 1968 | 666 | #284 |
| 1967 | 774 | #258 |
| 1966 | 868 | #240 |
| 1965 | 1,159 | #211 |
| 1964 | 1,535 | #179 |
| 1963 | 1,996 | #161 |
| 1962 | 2,362 | #145 |
| 1961 | 2,802 | #130 |
| 1960 | 3,050 | #122 |
| 1959 | 3,308 | #119 |
| 1958 | 2,957 | #126 |
| 1957 | 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 | 1,693 | #155 |
| 1946 | 1,398 | #160 |
| 1945 | 1,077 | #164 |
| 1944 | 1,125 | #163 |
| 1943 | 1,089 | #167 |
| 1942 | 1,054 | #162 |
| 1941 | 864 | #177 |
| 1940 | 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 | 383 | #282 |
| 1930 | 339 | #309 |
| 1929 | 332 | #304 |
| 1928 | 324 | #310 |
| 1927 | 378 | #293 |
| 1926 | 353 | #301 |
| 1925 | 362 | #300 |
| 1924 | 343 | #309 |
| 1923 | 322 | #324 |
| 1922 | 325 | #318 |
| 1921 | 320 | #331 |
| 1920 | 373 | #291 |
| 1919 | 361 | #277 |
| 1918 | 358 | #287 |
| 1917 | 322 | #289 |
| 1916 | 329 | #282 |
| 1915 | 295 | #293 |
| 1914 | 267 | #267 |
| 1913 | 249 | #235 |
| 1912 | 222 | #233 |
| 1911 | 135 | #219 |
| 1910 | 178 | #168 |
| 1909 | 102 | #207 |
| 1908 | 116 | #184 |
| 1907 | 107 | #193 |
| 1906 | 98 | #185 |
| 1905 | 137 | #150 |
| 1904 | 102 | #177 |
| 1903 | 88 | #185 |
| 1902 | 112 | #156 |
| 1901 | 105 | #150 |
| 1900 | 166 | #135 |
| 1899 | 120 | #132 |
| 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 | #119 |
| 1888 | 146 | #114 |
| 1887 | 111 | #120 |
| 1886 | 139 | #112 |
| 1885 | 128 | #109 |
| 1884 | 159 | #97 |
| 1883 | 135 | #101 |
| 1882 | 139 | #105 |
| 1881 | 135 | #95 |
| 1880 | 131 | #102 |
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