Davey
Davey is given to both girls and boys: 31 girls and 34 boys were given it in 2025 (#4,476 among girls’ names and #3,393 among boys’, #4,695 among all names counting both); 3,568 Americans have been recorded with it since 1925 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,750 Americans named Davey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 23 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Davey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Davey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Davey is “a diminutive of the male given name David.”
/ˈdeɪvi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Davey?
#3,393 among boys’ names, 2025
Davey rose from #4,322 in 2015 to #3,393 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 12.0 to 19.9 per million.
93 babies in 1955, the peak
Davey peaked in 1955, when 93 boys were given it, #756 among boys’ names. The 65 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 70% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,393 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,536 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,813 | 17.0 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,350 | 20.0 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,593 | 17.7 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,664 | 16.8 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,512 | 12.3 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,388 | 12.7 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,205 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,817 | 10.5 |
Every recorded year (99)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #4,322 | 12.0 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,102 | 9.4 |
| 2013 | 18 | #5,020 | 9.5 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,291 | 9.0 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,853 | 10.0 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,917 | 13.6 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,165 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,138 | 6.9 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,032 | 12.0 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,716 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,081 | 11.0 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,554 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,084 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,120 | 14.9 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,997 | 10.3 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,085 | 7.1 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,951 | 14.6 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,112 | 13.1 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,408 | 18.0 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,447 | 16.9 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,305 | 17.9 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,342 | 38.8 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,340 | 36.7 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,678 | 13.0 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,614 | 12.9 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,074 | 9.7 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,108 | 16.5 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,150 | 15.1 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,224 | 13.9 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,110 | 14.7 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,128 | 14.1 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,453 | 11.1 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,910 | 15.6 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,601 | 20.9 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,641 | 20.1 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,551 | 21.9 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,439 | 24.4 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,153 | 35.9 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,271 | 29.8 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,227 | 31.9 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,535 | 21.8 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,392 | 24.2 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,128 | 34.0 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,291 | 25.9 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,310 | 23.2 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,082 | 30.7 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,137 | 26.3 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,036 | 29.3 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,202 | 22.4 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,349 | 17.9 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,257 | 19.9 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,072 | 25.1 |
| 1963 | 61 | #963 | 30.0 |
| 1962 | 70 | #908 | 33.8 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,060 | 25.4 |
| 1960 | 57 | #1,017 | 26.7 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,013 | 27.2 |
| 1958 | 60 | #981 | 28.3 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,218 | 19.0 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,019 | 25.5 |
| 1955 | 93 | #756 | 45.1 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,009 | 27.0 |
| 1953 | 74 | #835 | 37.5 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,097 | 22.6 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,174 | 20.2 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,088 | 23.5 |
| 1949 | 50 | #985 | 28.2 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,094 | 23.9 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,192 | 20.2 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,413 | 15.4 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,796 | 11.1 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,341 | 7.3 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,651 | 13.3 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,692 | 13.0 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,706 | 13.8 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,709 | 6.9 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,736 | 14.5 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,918 | 12.6 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,841 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,486 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,721 | 16.3 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,469 | 21.3 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,846 | 15.1 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,362 | 24.9 |
| 1931 | 45 | #985 | 43.3 |
| 1930 | 54 | #911 | 49.2 |
| 1929 | 89 | #655 | 82.7 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,896 | 8.1 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,349 | 4.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Davey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,568 Americans recorded as Davey, 6% are girls and 94% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Davey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Davey, and how old are they?
2,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 3,568 Americans ever recorded as Davey. The median Davey alive today is 45 years old; half are between 23 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 2,556 people named Davey (191 women and girls, 2,365 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,621 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 60 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 683 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 628 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 527 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 340 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 512 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Davey born?
The states with the most babies named Davey are California, Texas and North Carolina, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 182 | #1,864 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 121 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 83 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 61 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 38 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 30 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Alabama | 27 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 26 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 24 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 22 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Davey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 78,137 babies since 1880, Davey is the third most given (4.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 65 of their 366 babies (18%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Davey
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1920-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Darell | 5,430 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Davey and names like it
- Compare Davey and DaveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sDavey peaked in 1955.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Davey since 1910.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Davey.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Davey alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.