Dave Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Dave: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 64,378 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

64,378

Peak year

1959 #119

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-8.8%

In the 1950s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	70	#1972
2012	78	#1865
2013	78	#1833
2014	77	#1893
2015	64	#2152
2016	55	#2369
2017	81	#1831
2018	76	#1941
2019	67	#2137
2020	72	#1982
2021	64	#2200
2022	60	#2357
2023	65	#2194
2024	76	#2017
2025	55	#2456

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1959

480

337

318

240

228

149

Names from the same era

Timothy · 1959 Steve · 1959 Jim · 1959 Tom · 1959 Duane · 1959 Bob · 1959 Nelson · 1959 Perry · 1959 Neal · 1959 Pete · 1959

Names similar to Dave

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