Davian
- Pronunciation
- [Da-vi-an]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of David Beloved.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Davian
Davian is a modern elaboration of David, the enduring Hebrew name meaning "beloved," extended with a contemporary -ian ending that gives it a fresh, current rhythm. Rather than an ancient name in its own right, it belongs to the inventive American tradition of building new given names from beloved classics, keeping David's warm core meaning while adding a distinctive flourish that feels modern and personal. Pronounced Da-vi-an, it reads as smooth and melodic, a name that sounds at once familiar and freshly minted.
Davian first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2004 and held the list through 2022, a respectably long run for a name of its invented kind. It reached its best national rank of #642 in 2007, with later showings of #987 in 2018 and #969 in 2022 before it slipped below the threshold. Across those years it accumulated 4,774 births, tracing a gentle peak in the late 2000s followed by a slow decline as it eased toward the edge of the list.
The name's appeal is its blend of the familiar and the fresh — instantly readable and warm thanks to its David root, yet distinctive and modern in its own right. The recorded variant is Davion, a closely related spelling that swaps the ending vowel and gives parents a slightly different look while preserving the same beloved meaning and contemporary sound.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Davian
US Popularity History (2004–2022)
Annual US births named Davian by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 378 boys named Davian (boy rank #642 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2022, ranked #969 for boys (233 US births). That's 327 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Davian Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Davian the strongest states are New Mexico, Arizona, Massachusetts.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #349 | 29 |
| 2 | Arizona | #599 | 84 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #609 | 56 |
| 4 | Utah | #659 | 22 |
| 5 | Colorado | #689 | 56 |
| 6 | California | #729 | 338 |
| 7 | Florida | #804 | 152 |
| 8 | Texas | #851 | 263 |
| 9 | New Jersey | #892 | 26 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | #915 | 24 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | #1,084 | 22 |
| 2 | New York | #1,003 | 49 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #915 | 24 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #892 | 26 |
| 5 | Texas | #851 | 263 |
| 6 | Florida | #804 | 152 |
| 7 | California | #729 | 338 |
| 8 | Colorado | #689 | 56 |
| 9 | Utah | #659 | 22 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #609 | 56 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Davian in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davion | Variant Of David Beloved. | Male | English |
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Compare Davian to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Davian against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).