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Davy

#5,077 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Beloved, through David

Davy has been given to 3,008 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #5,077 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1955, with 195 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Davy, 2025

1 in 174,000

Davy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Davy went to 51% girls and 49% boys.

19172025

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.

Davy: meaning, origin, and history

Beloved, through David

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Davy means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Davy is used in English, French and Manx.

Davy is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include David.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Davy is pronounced /ˈdeɪvi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,682 boys were recorded with the name Davy between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 195 in 1955; its best national rank was #524 in 1955.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,354 in 2020 to #5,077 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,410 in 2015 to #5,077 in 2025.

In the United States, 326 girls were recorded with the name Davy between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2021; its best national rank was #4,179 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,002 in 2020 to #5,965 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,322 in 2015 to #5,965 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 Davy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 174,000
19 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 89,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,077
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
120,943 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Davy 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 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Davy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Davys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Davy was born before 1969 — so the typical Davy is around 56 today.

Median birth year
1969
About 56 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
21.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,326
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1950s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (586).

Is Davy 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
−2,237
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,723
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,333
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.46×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.7%
Peak was 1955 (195)
Years since peak
70
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#524
1955

Spellings of Davy

Davy is not the most common spelling — David is, with 60.4% against Davy'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 Davy is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Davy was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 195,724 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 100,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 100,000
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 100,000

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

Where Davy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Davy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 912,700 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Davy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Davy around the world

Where Davy 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
    1996–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • Scotland
    2002–2002
    #438
    in 2002
  • Ireland
    2010–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    1957–2025
    #2,019
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1962–1970
    #540
    in 1970

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 Davy

People whose public names include Davy, 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.

Davy in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Davy. Linked forms have their own page here.

DaveDewiDaoudDaveyDavidDawidDavideDávidDafyddTaavet

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Davy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,077
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,723
Best rank ever
#524
1955
Peak year
1955
195 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,682
Count in 2025
19

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,965
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,037
Best rank ever
#4,179
2021
Peak year
2021
34 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
326
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Davy

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

DaviDavenDavieDaveyDaveonDavinDavienDavonDavianNavyDavideDavonteDavitDavanteDavontaDavionDaveDavisDavielDavynDavontaeDaveionDavierDavidson

Names with a curve like Davy

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

MickyBrionDannielDaryleGilRitchieKenneyKerwinRenardKimberlyKiethDonell

Sibling names for Davy

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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