Boys' name · since 1919
Davies
Since 1919, U.S. Social Security records show 47 babies named Davies, peaking in 1919. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,564 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,803 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Yes -- Davies is the #9803 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 47 recorded since 1919.
Davies has 47 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9803 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of boys, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #22,564 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,803 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 47 born since 1919
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davies ranks #22,564 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,803 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 47 born since 1919, peaking in the 1940s.
- #22,564 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,803 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Davies's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Davies compares
47 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Davies's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Davies | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Davies's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Davies's full recorded timeline at 1957, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Davies popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Davies by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (11 births, 23% of the file).
1940s was Davies's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Davies births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 11 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Davies's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Davies: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Davies draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.