Davie
Davie is given to both girls and boys: 68 girls and 8 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,565 among girls’ names and #9,096 among boys’, #4,259 among all names counting both); 4,377 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,540 Americans named Davie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 19 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Davie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Davie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Davie is “a diminutive of the male given name David.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Davie?
#9,096 among boys’ names, 2025
Davie rose from #10,978 in 2015 to #9,096 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 4.7 per million.
76 babies in 2025, the peak
Davie peaked in 2025, when 76 babies were given it (8 boys, #9,096 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 11 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,565 | 8 | #9,096 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,091 | 11 | #7,355 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,906 | 9 | #8,400 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,232 | 11 | #7,375 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,818 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,030 | 7 | #9,797 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,839 | 5 | #12,587 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,828 | 5 | #12,602 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,955 | 6 | #11,075 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,982 | 6 | #11,033 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #7,056 | 6 | #10,978 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,155 | 7 | #9,871 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,128 | 8 | #8,970 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,502 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,298 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,608 | 11 | #7,183 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,882 | 14 | #6,166 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,833 | 11 | #7,311 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,689 | 6 | #11,244 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,604 | 8 | #8,891 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,143 | 11 | #6,732 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,095 | 11 | #6,618 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,565 | 13 | #5,618 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,529 | 9 | #7,161 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,938 | 8 | #7,693 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,979 | 15 | #4,830 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,079 | 15 | #4,574 |
| 1998 | under 5 | 14 | #4,694 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 14 | #4,493 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 19 | #3,566 | |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,940 | 8 | #6,516 |
| 1994 | under 5 | 15 | #4,124 | |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,146 | 18 | #3,529 |
| 1992 | under 5 | 11 | #4,944 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 19 | #3,236 | |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,655 | 23 | #2,797 |
| 1989 | under 5 | 20 | #3,002 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 25 | #2,380 | |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,667 | 26 | #2,225 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,352 | 21 | #2,532 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,554 | 21 | #2,442 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,408 | 19 | #2,549 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 26 | #2,028 | |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,428 | 17 | #2,733 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,789 | 20 | #2,429 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 31 | #1,818 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 27 | #1,954 | |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,107 | 36 | #1,576 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 30 | #1,751 | |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,622 | 35 | #1,546 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,402 | 26 | #1,844 |
| 1974 | under 5 | 26 | #1,801 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 18 | #2,247 | |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,705 | 34 | #1,459 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,584 | 36 | #1,420 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 42 | #1,280 | |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,094 | 44 | #1,187 |
| 1968 | under 5 | 48 | #1,071 | |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,184 | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 37 | #1,241 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 45 | #1,113 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 43 | #1,175 | |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,426 | 49 | #1,093 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 53 | #1,047 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,767 | 57 | #1,037 |
| 1960 | under 5 | 57 | #1,018 | |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,362 | 58 | #1,014 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,548 | 40 | #1,224 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,285 | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1956 | under 5 | 45 | #1,129 | |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,017 | 62 | #950 |
| 1954 | under 5 | 48 | #1,083 | |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,177 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,035 | 50 | #1,015 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,538 | 50 | #994 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,732 | 48 | #1,010 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,679 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,413 | 41 | #1,109 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,866 | 29 | #1,368 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,069 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,628 | 34 | #1,127 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,166 | 38 | #1,072 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,295 | 42 | #1,038 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,231 | 47 | #973 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,873 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,008 | 31 | #1,212 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,383 | 35 | #1,090 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,533 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,203 | 28 | #1,270 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,408 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,331 | 32 | #1,172 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,218 | 37 | #1,079 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,487 | 43 | #963 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,999 | 45 | #984 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,814 | 42 | #1,037 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,113 | 60 | #846 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,216 | 59 | #860 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,844 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,969 | 34 | #1,252 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,965 | 43 | #1,069 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,163 | 26 | #1,463 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,092 | 28 | #1,424 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,035 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,306 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,592 | 43 | #1,072 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,760 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,546 | 47 | #990 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,960 | 34 | #1,199 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,930 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,026 | 22 | #1,520 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,509 | 29 | #1,222 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,152 | 16 | #1,563 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,288 | 14 | #1,459 |
| 1912 | under 5 | 16 | #1,189 | |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,014 | 7 | #1,418 |
| 1910 | under 5 | 10 | #1,060 | |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,499 | 5 | #1,504 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,189 | 7 | #1,135 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 6 | #1,145 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 5 | #1,253 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 5 | #1,162 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 6 | #1,038 | |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,738 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,344 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,100 | |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,158 | 5 | #1,121 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,195 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 6 | #916 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 7 | #781 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 5 | #968 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 6 | #840 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Davie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,377 Americans recorded as Davie, 26% are girls and 74% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Davie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Davie, and how old are they?
2,540 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 4,377 Americans ever recorded as Davie. The median Davie alive today is 49 years old; half are between 19 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 2,101 people named Davie (548 women and girls, 1,553 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,456 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 173 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 676 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 528 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 357 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 275 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 531 |
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 Davie born?
The states with the most babies named Davie are Texas, Utah and California, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Utah is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Utah | 6 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| California | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Davie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Davie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Davie 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, Davie is the second most given (5.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 76 of their 366 babies (21%), again the second 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 Davie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Davie and names like it
- Compare Davie and DaveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sDavie peaked in 2025.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Davie since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Davie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Davie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.