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Davie

#9,096 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Beloved, through David

Davie has been given to 4,377 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #9,096 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1955, with 62 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Davie, 2025

1 in 414,000

Davie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Davie over time

In 2025, Davie went to 89% girls and 11% boys.

18802025

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.

Davie: meaning, origin, and history

Beloved, through David

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Davie means

Davie belongs to the name family reached through Davie → David. Its meaning is “beloved”.

Origin, language, and formation

Davie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include David.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,258 boys were recorded with the name Davie between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 62 in 1955; its best national rank was #781 in 1885.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,797 in 2020 to #9,096 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,978 in 2015 to #9,096 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,119 girls were recorded with the name Davie between 1892 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 68 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,158 in 1894.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,030 in 2020 to #2,565 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,056 in 2015 to #2,565 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 Davie?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,096
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Davie 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Davie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Davies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Davie was born before 1955 — so the typical Davie is around 70 today.

Median birth year
1955
About 70 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
15.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.1%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,875
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1950s — 15.1% of all recorded uses (491).

Is Davie 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
−1,741
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+701
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,882
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.9%
Peak was 1955 (62)
Years since peak
70
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#781
1885

Spellings of Davie

Davie is not the most common spelling — David is, with 51.7% against Davie's 0.05%.

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 Davie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Davie was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 7,692 boys, against 1 in 136,135 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

013 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 7,692
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 50,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in 100,000
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Virginia1 in 100,000
  8. 8California1 in —

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. Davie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Davie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Davie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 475,294 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2North Carolina1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —
  4. 4Utah1 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. Davie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Davie around the world

Where Davie 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
    1996–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1995–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2016–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2021–2021
    #2,619
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1973–2002
    #606
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, 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. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Davie

People whose public names include Davie, 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.

Davie by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,096
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 701
Best rank ever
#781
1885
Peak year
1955
62 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,258
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,565
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,465
Best rank ever
#1,158
1894
Peak year
2025
68 that year
First recorded
1892
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,119
Count in 2025
68

Names similar to Davie

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

DaveyDavenDavyDaveonDavinDaviDavonDavianAlvieDavienDavonteDavideDavionDavitDavisDavanteDavontaLevieDavielDavynDavontaeDaveionDavierDavidson

Names with a curve like Davie

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

AlonzaLorenzaVernellStaffordWendallJameLorinWendelRobyRaoulPrentissWardell

Sibling names for Davie

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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