NameTides

Dave

Dave was the #2,451 boys' name in the US in 2025 (55 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Dave as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dave as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Dave as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,451 (55)#2,133 (11)—#1,251 (19)
2024#2,012 (76)#1,952 (12)#582 (5)#1,353 (16)
2023#2,188 (65)#3,524 (5)—#1,947 (9)
2022#2,355 (60)#2,019 (11)—#1,653 (11)
2021#2,193 (64)#2,125 (10)#755 (3)#1,277 (16)
2020#1,977 (72)#1,935 (11)—#1,176 (18)
2019#2,129 (67)#1,869 (12)—#995 (22)
2018#1,937 (76)#4,749 (3)#749 (3)#858 (27)
2017#1,829 (81)#3,449 (5)—#706 (35)
2016#2,365 (55)#2,804 (7)—#1,159 (18)
2015#2,145 (64)#3,373 (5)—#1,164 (17)
2014#1,884 (77)#3,362 (5)—#1,200 (16)
2013#1,827 (78)#3,822 (4)—#1,068 (19)
2012#1,863 (78)#3,039 (6)—#1,065 (19)
2011#1,968 (70)#2,194 (9)#623 (4)#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1959 at #119.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 31,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 31,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dave is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 27,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 36,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dave by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Dave (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5138

Dave (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DaveCanadaBoys#1,25119
DaveEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
DaveIrelandBoys—too few
DaveNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DaveUSGirls—too few
DaveUSBoys#2,45155