Davion
- Pronunciation
- [Da-vion]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of David Beloved.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Davion
Davion is a modern English elaboration of David, the beloved Hebrew name built on the root dod or dawid, traditionally interpreted as meaning "beloved" or "friend." David is one of the most enduring names in the Western tradition — carried by the biblical king, poet, and warrior whose story runs through the Hebrew scriptures — and Davion emerged in American naming as an expressive, more rhythmically open variant that gives the familiar root a contemporary, three-syllable feel. The -ion suffix, popular in African American naming culture from the 1980s onward, transforms the classic into something distinctly modern.
Davion first appeared in the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak of #429 in 2005. It maintained a consistent mid-to-lower chart presence through the following decade and a half, last appearing in 2021 at rank #902 with 255 births — a twenty-one-year run yielding 9,555 total top-1000 births. The 2019 count of 219 births at #976 and the 2020 count of 234 births at #939 show the name stabilizing in the lower reaches of the chart before its eventual exit.
The name's appeal rests on its ability to honor a deeply traditional name while projecting a more individual, contemporary identity. The three-syllable cadence — Da-vi-on — gives it an expansive, melodic quality absent from the two-syllable David. Though it carries no independent ancient etymology beyond its David root, Davion has accumulated its own cultural weight through two decades of steady use across the United States.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Davion
US Popularity History (2000–2021)
Annual US births named Davion by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 649 boys named Davion (boy rank #434 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2021, ranked #902 for boys (255 US births). That's 468 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 Davion 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 Davion the strongest states are Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #420 | 44 |
| 2 | South Carolina | #599 | 54 |
| 3 | Alabama | #676 | 24 |
| 4 | Indiana | #683 | 70 |
| 5 | Michigan | #685 | 106 |
| 6 | Louisiana | #695 | 39 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #699 | 50 |
| 8 | Missouri | #699 | 21 |
| 9 | Georgia | #741 | 71 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #749 | 65 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Davion in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Davion to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Davion against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).