Davis
Davis was given to 409 boys in 2025, #668 among boys’ names; 33,114 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 27,200 Americans named Davis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 13 and 33.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Davis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Davis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Davis is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈdeɪ.vɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Davis?
#668 among boys’ names, 2025
Davis fell from #475 in 2015 to #668 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.33 to 0.24 per 1,000.
773 babies in 2007, the peak
Davis peaked in 2007, when 773 babies were given it (756 boys, #395 among boys’ names). The 434 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 56% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 409 | #668 | 0.24 |
| 2024 | 432 | #644 | 0.25 |
| 2023 | 456 | #614 | 0.27 |
| 2022 | 441 | #632 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 507 | #558 | 0.29 |
| 2020 | 511 | #554 | 0.30 |
| 2019 | 529 | #538 | 0.29 |
| 2018 | 561 | #507 | 0.31 |
| 2017 | 587 | #492 | 0.32 |
| 2016 | 620 | #490 | 0.33 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 629 | #475 | 0.33 |
| 2014 | 666 | #447 | 0.35 |
| 2013 | 648 | #444 | 0.34 |
| 2012 | 685 | #416 | 0.36 |
| 2011 | 628 | #435 | 0.33 |
| 2010 | 657 | #420 | 0.34 |
| 2009 | 665 | #427 | 0.34 |
| 2008 | 725 | #408 | 0.36 |
| 2007 | 756 | #395 | 0.36 |
| 2006 | 732 | #404 | 0.36 |
| 2005 | 730 | #394 | 0.37 |
| 2004 | 743 | #374 | 0.37 |
| 2003 | 704 | #370 | 0.36 |
| 2002 | 667 | #390 | 0.34 |
| 2001 | 733 | #363 | 0.38 |
| 2000 | 681 | #381 | 0.35 |
| 1999 | 704 | #371 | 0.37 |
| 1998 | 677 | #375 | 0.35 |
| 1997 | 645 | #376 | 0.34 |
| 1996 | 567 | #409 | 0.30 |
| 1995 | 560 | #409 | 0.29 |
| 1994 | 542 | #424 | 0.28 |
| 1993 | 457 | #461 | 0.23 |
| 1992 | 392 | #512 | 0.20 |
| 1991 | 297 | #588 | 0.15 |
| 1990 | 281 | #596 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 290 | #569 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 272 | #559 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 250 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 240 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 181 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1984 | 178 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 157 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 172 | #667 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 161 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 140 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 134 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 123 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 113 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 114 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 100 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 85 | #868 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 99 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 95 | #822 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 118 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 132 | #714 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 97 | #784 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 99 | #747 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 115 | #693 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 108 | #713 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 117 | #688 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 107 | #743 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 123 | #698 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 112 | #725 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 138 | #667 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 135 | #671 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 138 | #653 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 138 | #653 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 123 | #688 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 137 | #647 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 151 | #600 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 144 | #613 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 128 | #631 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 142 | #585 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 144 | #578 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 126 | #610 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 154 | #534 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 160 | #522 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 147 | #556 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 146 | #529 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 125 | #535 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 94 | #635 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 130 | #554 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 122 | #556 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 108 | #572 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 118 | #541 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 114 | #536 | 0.10 |
| 1938 | 122 | #527 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 117 | #538 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 122 | #510 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 104 | #567 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 117 | #546 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 96 | #592 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 113 | #556 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 120 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 109 | #572 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 110 | #565 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 135 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 142 | #508 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 122 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 140 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 174 | #467 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 125 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 140 | #527 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 142 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 117 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 150 | #486 | 0.15 |
| 1918 | 133 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 114 | #549 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 115 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 104 | #550 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 80 | #556 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 54 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 47 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 31 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 40 | #434 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 19 | #622 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 20 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1907 | 19 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 33 | #366 | 0.25 |
| 1905 | 21 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 24 | #435 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 22 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 8 | #875 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 29 | #338 | 0.27 |
| 1900 | 20 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 12 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 14 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 11 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 21 | #427 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 14 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 12 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 16 | #465 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 20 | #427 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 16 | #446 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 20 | #408 | 0.18 |
| 1889 | 21 | #389 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 19 | #432 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 12 | #524 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 18 | #419 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 21 | #388 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 11 | #580 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 11 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 9 | #662 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 13 | #487 | 0.13 |
| 1880 | 17 | #431 | 0.15 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Davis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 33,114 Americans recorded as Davis, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 25 girls and 409 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Davis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Davis, and how old are they?
27,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 33,114 Americans ever recorded as Davis. The median Davis alive today is 22 years old; half are between 13 and 33.
The 2020 Census counted 26,633 people named Davis (958 women and girls, 25,675 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 25,210 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 420 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,720 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,610 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,890 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,280 |
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 Davis born?
The states with the most babies named Davis are Texas, North Carolina and California, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 45 | #661 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 35 | #333 | 2.2× |
| California | 31 | #801 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 26 | #430 | 2.3× |
| Tennessee | 23 | #362 | 1.4× |
| Alabama | 21 | #262 | 2.0× |
| Florida | 14 | #968 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 14 | #654 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 13 | #689 | 0.4× |
| Utah | 13 | #357 | 1.7× |
Where Davis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Davis is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 Davis 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 33,190 babies since 1880, Davis is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 434 of their 434 babies (100%), again the 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 Davis
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 Davis and names like it
- Compare Davis and DaviusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sDavis peaked in 2007.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Davis since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Davis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Davis.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Davis alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.