Davina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-VEE-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #812 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #749 for girls
Davina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 812th for girls in the UK (48 babies) and 749th for girls in the US (363 babies).
What does Davina mean?
Hebrew: Scottish feminine form of David
“beloved”
A feminine form of David that originated in Scotland.
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Is Davina a girl's or a boy's name?
Davina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the UK and 363 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Davina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #812among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were named Davina, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 112 girls.
2025 had more girls named Davina than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Davina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales.
Davina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #812 |
| 2024 | 41 | #928 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 33 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 34 | #1,002 |
| 2007 | 63 | #624 |
| 2006 | 55 | #650 |
| 2005 | 69 | #535 |
| 2004 | 66 | #534 |
| 2003 | 78 | #476 |
| 2002 | 92 | #402 |
| 2001 | 112 | #339 |
| 2000 | 90 | #398 |
| 1999 | 61 | #525 |
| 1998 | 57 | #547 |
| 1997 | 38 | #719 |
| 1996 | 41 | #644 |
How popular is Davina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #749among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 363about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 363 girls in the US were named Davina, making it the 749th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 541 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer girls named Davina than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Davina in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Davina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 363 | #749 |
| 2024 | 453 | #647 |
| 2023 | 452 | #649 |
| 2022 | 541 | #562 |
| 2021 | 524 | #576 |
| 2020 | 460 | #630 |
| 2019 | 380 | #744 |
| 2018 | 393 | #721 |
| 2017 | 315 | #867 |
| 2016 | 273 | #979 |
| 2015 | 215 | #1,170 |
| 2014 | 188 | #1,275 |
| 2013 | 120 | #1,725 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,859 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,822 |
| 2008 | 104 | #2,004 |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 88 | #2,186 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 81 | #2,192 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,895 |
| 2002 | 96 | #1,851 |
| 2001 | 105 | #1,710 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,797 |
| 1999 | 126 | #1,396 |
| 1998 | 124 | #1,380 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,440 |
| 1996 | 121 | #1,382 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,636 |
| 1994 | 99 | #1,553 |
| 1993 | 119 | #1,372 |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,205 |
| 1991 | 125 | #1,318 |
| 1990 | 147 | #1,164 |
| 1989 | 126 | #1,247 |
| 1988 | 159 | #1,019 |
| 1987 | 163 | #970 |
| 1986 | 142 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 100 | #1,323 |
| 1984 | 148 | #974 |
| 1983 | 150 | #973 |
| 1982 | 148 | #994 |
| 1981 | 176 | #872 |
| 1980 | 176 | #871 |
| 1979 | 201 | #789 |
| 1978 | 183 | #818 |
| 1977 | 178 | #838 |
| 1976 | 187 | #766 |
| 1975 | 181 | #778 |
| 1974 | 178 | #775 |
| 1973 | 176 | #763 |
| 1972 | 176 | #778 |
| 1971 | 184 | #788 |
| 1970 | 155 | #864 |
| 1969 | 138 | #897 |
| 1968 | 156 | #811 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,119 |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,351 |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,350 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,731 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Davina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika Anya Anvika Aisha Prisha Divisha Arisha Jessica Isha Ivana Francesca Havana
Names related to Davina
Devina Daveena Daviana Davianna Davine Davionna Davonna Daviona
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Davina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/davina, updated 20 October 2026.