# Dave (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dave/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /deɪv/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 64,492 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 64,378 / 114 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 245, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 6 | 4,510 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3,940 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,560 |
| 1940 | 7 | 3,579 |
| 1941 | 7 | 3,647 |
| 1944 | 8 | 3,445 |
| 1947 | 5 | 5,471 |
| 1957 | 7 | 5,013 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5,007 |
| 1960 | 6 | 5,846 |
| 1961 | 8 | 4,977 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,806 |
| 1964 | 5 | 6,967 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,009 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,706 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 1,972 |
| 2012 | 78 | 1,865 |
| 2013 | 78 | 1,833 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,893 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,152 |
| 2016 | 55 | 2,369 |
| 2017 | 81 | 1,831 |
| 2018 | 76 | 1,941 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,137 |
| 2020 | 72 | 1,982 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,200 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,357 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,194 |
| 2024 | 76 | 2,017 |
| 2025 | 55 | 2,456 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Дейв
- Greek: Ντέιβ

## People named Dave

- Dave Grohl, American rock musician
- Dave Farrell, American bassist
- Dave Benton, Aruban-Estonian musician (born 1951)
- Dave Eggers, American writer, editor, and publisher
- Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach
- Dave Lombardo, Cuban-American drummer (born 1965)
- Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician (born 1943)
- Dave Navarro, American guitarist
- Dave Annable, American actor
- Dave Filoni, American film director (born 1974)
- Dave Attell, American stand-up comedian (born 1965)
- Dave Foley, Canadian actor (born 1963)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.