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Davi

#1,493 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of David

Davi has been given to 2,692 babies in the U.S. since 1952. In 2025 it ranked #1,493 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 140 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Davi, 2025

1 in 28,100

Davi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Davi over time

In 2025, Davi went to 10% girls and 90% boys.

19522025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Davi: meaning, origin, and history

Form of David

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Davi means

Davi is a form of David.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Davi → David. The family’s meaning is “beloved”, recorded in English with the source elements dāwiḏ.

Origin, language, and formation

Davi is used in Portuguese.

Davi comes through Old Galician-Portuguese Davi, Latin Dāvīd, Ancient Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ and Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include David and Deivid.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Davi is pronounced /daˈvi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,058 boys were recorded with the name Davi between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 140 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,341 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,603 in 2020 to #1,493 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,694 in 2015 to #1,493 in 2025.

In the United States, 634 girls were recorded with the name Davi between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2024; its best national rank was #4,232 in 1969.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,132 in 2020 to #7,984 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,722 in 2015 to #7,984 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Davi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 28,100
118 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 14,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,493
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,475 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Davi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 19,475 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Davi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Davis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Davi was born before 2016 — so the typical Davi is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,058
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.3% of all recorded uses (788).

Is Davi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−87
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+110
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+201
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.28×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.3%
Peak was 2022 (140)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,341
2022

Spellings of Davi

Davi is not the most common spelling — David is, with 71.2% against Davi's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Davi is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Davi was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 1,053 boys, against 1 in 10,729 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

195 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 1,053
  2. 2Connecticut1 in 3,846
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 3,846
  4. 4Florida1 in 5,000
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 11,111
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Georgia1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Davi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Davi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,601,278 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Davi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Davi around the world

Where Davi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2025
    #1,466
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2012
    #568
    in 2012
  • Ireland
    2013–2025
    #317
    in 2025
  • France
    1975–2025
    #1,534
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #1,614
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1976–1976
    #651
    in 1976

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Davi

People whose public names include Davi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Davi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,493
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 110
Best rank ever
#1,341
2022
Peak year
2022
140 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,058
Count in 2025
118

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,984
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,852
Best rank ever
#4,232
1969
Peak year
2024
25 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
634
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Davi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DavyDavenDavieDaveyXaviDaveonRaviDavienKaviDavideDavinJaviDavitDavonDavanteDavianDavontaNaviDavonteAviDavielLaviDavynDavontae

Names with a curve like Davi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Davi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ElyasIlyasMalikaiLakenBenaiahLokiShiaZephyrYazanZakariyaJeriahZavian

Sibling names for Davi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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