Dave
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Dave
Dave is the ultimate good guy name, but where father name David is still holding onto a spot in the Top 20, Dave -- widely used as an independent name in the middle of the last century -- dropped off the Top 1000 a few decades ago and shows no signs of a comeback. Baby Davids today, often named for dad or grandpa, are more likely to be called David than Dave.
Dave is also given to girls.
Pronounced DAYV.
As of October 2026, Dave ranked #7706 in US births in 1969 SSA, peaked at #939 in 1882.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,893 | 77 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,152 | 64 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,369 | 55 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,830 | 81 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,941 | 76 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,152 | 66 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,981 | 72 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,200 | 64 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,356 | 60 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,194 | 65 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #2,012 | 76 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,456 | 55 |
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Dave on lists
Famous Daves
- David "Dave" SextonBoy
English footballer
- David John "Dave" FrancoBoy
American actor
- David Michael "Dave" MirraBoy
American professional BMX rider
- David Eric "Dave" GrohlBoy
American musician of the Foo Fighters
- Dave MatthewsBoy
American musician
- Dave BrubeckBoy
American jazz pianist
- Dave GrusinBoy
American film composer
- David Michael "Dave" BautistaBoy
Jr., American actor and pro wrestler
- Dave HollandBoy
English jazz double bassist
- David Khari Webber "Dave" ChappelleBoy
American comedian
- David Allen "Dave" MeltzerBoy
American sports journalist
- David Scott "Dave" MustaineBoy
lead guitarist for American band Metallica
- David "Dave" FleischerBoy
American animator
- David Scott "Dave" FoleyBoy
Canadian actor
- David Victor "Dave" SimBoy
Canadian cartoonist
- David Allan "Dave" RighettiBoy
American baseball player and coach
- David Mark "Dave" WinfieldBoy
American baseball player
- Dave (born Wouter Otto Levenbach)Boy
Dutch,French pop singer
- David "Dave" Nizam BakshBoy
Canadian guitarist of Sum 41 and Brown Brigade
- Dave SinclairBoy
English keyboardist of Caravan and Canterbury Scene
- Dave Rodgers (born Giancarlo Pasquini)Boy
Italian songwriter
- David "Dave" Rodman AnnableBoy
American actor
- David "Dave" GardnerBoy
British sports agent
- Dave Moss aka LasercornBoy
American YouTuber and member of Smosh Games
- Dave GnaaseBoy
German footballer
Dave in pop culture
- DaveBoy
character in short story "I'll Never Do It Again" by author Tina Tirrell
- Dave SkylarkBoy
one of the 2 main characters in the comedy film "The Interview", portrayed by James Franco
- "Dave the BarbarianBoy
" animated Disney TV series
- Dave StriderBoy
character in web comic "Homestuck"
- Dave TilerBoy
from UK TV series "Single Father", portrayed by David Tennant
- Dave BuznikBoy
character in the movie "Anger Management"
- Dave RoseBoy
character from series "Happy Endings"
- David "Dave" StutlerBoy
main character in the movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
- Dave HodgmanBoy
character in the movie "The First Time"
- Dave SevilleBoy
character in the Alvin and the Chipmunks series
- Dave TurnerBoy
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- DaveBoy
character in the Marvel movie "Ant,Man"
- Dave BarryBoy
main character in the CBS sitcom "Dave's World" played by Harry Anderson
- David "Dave"Boy
a character from the "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" TV series