Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Davante isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Davante through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,415
- 1,415 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 169 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,203 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,203 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 169 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 935 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Davante’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Davante
- Davante AdamsAmerican football player (born 1992)
- Davante GardnerAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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