Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dave

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dave
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.7% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

3,308

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

97.7%

2024

All-time

64,328

Dave once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 3,308 boys were named Dave.

In 2024, only 76 boys were given the name.

Down 97.7% from its peak.

All told, about 64,328 Americans have been named Dave and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.7% from peak

19593,308 boys named Dave

202476 boys named Dave

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