How rare is the name Davon?

9,316 people in the United States have the first name Davon, about 1 in 32,421. It ranks #2,580 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DAVON

#2,580

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,316
About
1 in 32,421
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,316 people named Davon, 80.4% reported their origin as Black, 7.1% as two or more races and 6.2% as White. 96.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Davon peaked in 1994, when 586 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
586
In 2025*
77 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,763 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Davon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #962. The largest share of babies named Davon, 41.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#7,60773
1970s#2,645598
1980s#1,3772,144
1990s#9624,875
2000s#1,3293,697
2010s#2,4271,729
2020s#3,379647
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–805.7%
Millennials 1981–9640.1%
Generation Z 1997–1241.5%
2013 and later12.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Davon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Davon has been most common in District of Columbia (8.2×), Maryland (7.7×), and South Carolina (2×), and least common in Washington (0.17×).

11,299 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Davon

#2,578 Selene · 9,318#2,579 Caren · 9,317#2,581 Demetria · 9,313#2,582 Jian · 9,308

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Davon, most common first.

#2,550 Davin · 9,500#2,557 Davion · 9,454#6,912 Daven · 2,265#7,834 Daveon · 1,901#12,090 Dayvon · 1,041#16,764 Daevon · 668#17,597 Davyn · 623#19,341 Davone · 548

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