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Davon

#1,978 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Davon has been given to 13,763 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #1,978 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 567 recorded.

Babies named Davon, 2025

1 in 43,100

Davon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Davon: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Davon means

Davon is a given name.

The naming story behind Davon

Wikidata records Davon as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q111019246, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,396 boys were recorded with the name Davon between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 567 in 1994; its best national rank was #403 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,637 in 2020 to #1,978 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,152 in 2015 to #1,978 in 2025.

In the United States, 367 girls were recorded with the name Davon between 1966 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1985; its best national rank was #3,878 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Davon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 43,100
77 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 22,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,978
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
29,844 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Davon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 29,844 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Davon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Davons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Davon was born before 1998 — so the typical Davon is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
35.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
13,396
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 35.5% of all recorded uses (4,750).

Is Davon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−415
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−341
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−826
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.47×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.6%
Peak was 1994 (567)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#403
1994

Spellings of Davon

Davon is not the most common spelling — David is, with 48.8% against Davon's 0.18%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Davon is used

Across 2016–2025, Davon was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 3,704 boys, against 1 in 14,558 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

127 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 3,704
  2. 2District of Columbia1 in 5,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in 5,263
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 7,692
  5. 5Ohio1 in 7,692
  6. 6Illinois1 in 8,333
  7. 7Indiana1 in 12,500
  8. 8Florida1 in 14,286

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Davon around the world

Where Davon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2008
    #4,432
    in 2008
  • France
    1999–2024
    #3,185
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1994–2013
    #2,635
    in 2013
  • South Australia
    1987–2005
    #643
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Davon

People whose public names include Davon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Davon in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Davon. Linked forms have their own page here.

DevonDavoneDavonte

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Davon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,978
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 341
Best rank ever
#403
1994
Peak year
1994
567 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,396
Count in 2025
77

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,878
1985
Peak year
1985
21 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
1999
All-time count
367
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Davon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DavinDavionDavisDaveyDavieDavianJavonDavenTrevonLevonKevonLavonJevonDaveDavyDaveonTavonDavonteDaviTravonKavonJovonDevonDavien

Names with a curve like Davon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Davon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JordonDeshawnNigelDarriusTyreeZackeryKeenanBrendonKodyTyrellDeandreDandre

Sibling names for Davon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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