Davon
Masculine · “beloved”
Davon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 13,396 boys against 367 girls since 1880.
Davon joins the Da- of David to the -von ending, and David is Hebrew for beloved — the shepherd who became a king and a psalmist.
How old is the name Davon?
Davon first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Davon alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 13,000 people named Davon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davon most popular?
Davon peaked in 1994, reaching #403 nationally. Today it ranks #1976, 1,573 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From dawid to Davon
Our story of Davon
Our story of Davon is a story of a very old front and a very new back. David has been in use for three thousand years and means beloved. The -von and -vion endings arrived in American naming in the 1970s and produced Davon, Javon, Trevon and Davion within a decade. Davon appears in the registers from that period. One half of it is ancient and one is fifty years old, and both are worth saying.
Meaningscholars disagree
beloved
The Da- front most likely reflects David, from the Hebrew dawid, 'beloved', though the word's own root is debated. The -von ending is an American naming component from the 1970s. Whether Davon descends from David or is a free coinage on the sound is not documented.
How the name formed
- dawid
- David
- Davon
Related forms: Davion · Devon · David
Pronouncing Davon
DAY-von
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some bearers say duh-VON with the stress at the end.
Nicknames for Davon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1961
- Most boys named
- 1993536 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #403reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- −30.6%77 in 2025, from 111
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Davon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Davion in English — related form
- Devon in English — related form
- David in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Michigan, Ohio.
Davons among us
people named Davon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 22,183 born in 2025 was named Davon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jerold test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Davon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jerold climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jerold's path sketches the road Davon is walking now.
Davon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Davon is headed
Davon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Davon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Davon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- David behind it has a transparent meaning and three thousand years of use.
- Dave and Von are two short forms, both with real records.
- Two clean syllables with no real pronunciation risk.
- The descent from David is likely but not documented.
- The stress placement splits between two readings.
- Devon is a homophone in one reading and an English county.
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Frequently asked
- How many Davons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 13,000 people named Davon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Davon in 2025?
- Davon ranks #1976 among US boy names in 2025, with 77 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Davon?
- About 1 in every 22,183 US boys born in 2025 was named Davon — 77 in all.
- Will my child share the name Davon with classmates?
- Davon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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