Boys' name · since 1980
Davison
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 332 babies named Davison, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,050 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,014 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 332
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Davison is the #11014 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 332 recorded since 1980.
Davison has 332 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11014 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #10,050 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,014 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 332 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Davison ranks #10,050 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,014 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 332 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,050 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,014 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 332
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Davison's 332 recorded births place it above 77.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Davison compares
332 47th 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
Davison's all-time total is 10% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Davison | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 332 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Davison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Davison's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Davison popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Davison by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Davison's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Davison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Davison's data
- Davison's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (108 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- 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 Davison: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Davison 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.