Meaning and history
A shortened form of David.
20062006: 90 births, rank #1,605
2007: 101 births, rank #1,552
2008: 94 births, rank #1,639
2009: 84 births, rank #1,789
2010: 71 births, rank #1,957
20112011: 70 births, rank #1,968
2012: 78 births, rank #1,863
2013: 78 births, rank #1,827
2014: 77 births, rank #1,884
2015: 64 births, rank #2,145
20162016: 55 births, rank #2,365
2017: 81 births, rank #1,829
2018: 76 births, rank #1,937
2019: 67 births, rank #2,129
2020: 72 births, rank #1,977
20212021: 64 births, rank #2,193
2022: 60 births, rank #2,355
2023: 65 births, rank #2,188
2024: 76 births, rank #2,012
20252025: 55 births, rank #2,451
Dave moved from #974 to #975 for boys between 1992 and 1993. Its highest annual birth count came in 1959, with 3,308 births.