Davante
Davante is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Davante Adams, American football player Davante Gardner, American basketball player Davante Lewis, American politician
Meaning & Origin of Davante
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Davante is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Davante Adams, American football player Davante Gardner, American basketball player Davante Lewis, American politician
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The Story of Davante
American parents first put Davante on the record books as a baby boy name in 1989, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 169 Davantes were born — ranking #802 that year. About 56% of every Davante on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Davante ranks #7,296 for baby boys with 9 births, falling sharply (-22%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Davante
Davante is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Davante's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #802. Use the chart and map above to compare Davante's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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