Davina
Davina is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Davina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Davina is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Davina
American parents first put Davina on the record books as a baby girl name in 1916, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 540 Davinas were born — ranking #562 that year. About 28% of every Davina on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Davina ranks #644 for baby girls with 457 births, gradually rising (+14%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Davina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Davina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Davina
Davina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Davina's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #562. Use the chart and map above to compare Davina'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.