Davy
Davy is given to both girls and boys: 20 girls and 19 boys were given it in 2025 (#5,965 among girls’ names and #5,077 among boys’, #6,648 among all names counting both); 3,008 Americans have been recorded with it since 1917 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,390 Americans named Davy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 19 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Davy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Davy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Davy 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 Davy?
#5,077 among boys’ names, 2025
Davy rose from #6,410 in 2015 to #5,077 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 6.8 to 11.1 per million.
195 babies in 1955, the peak
Davy peaked in 1955, when 195 boys were given it, #524 among boys’ names. The 39 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 20% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,965 | 19 | #5,077 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,994 | 45 | #2,840 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,282 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,679 | 24 | #4,328 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,179 | 24 | #4,268 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,002 | 33 | #3,354 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,228 | 23 | #4,361 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,868 | 11 | #7,236 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,918 | 14 | #6,108 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,023 | 13 | #6,433 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #10,322 | 13 | #6,410 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,216 | 20 | #4,733 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,521 | 11 | #7,137 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,623 | 16 | #5,524 |
| 2011 | under 5 | 15 | #5,729 | |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,667 | 13 | #6,421 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,989 | 19 | #4,963 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,886 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 2007 | under 5 | 21 | #4,531 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 16 | #5,355 | |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,145 | 10 | #7,224 |
| 2004 | under 5 | 10 | #7,086 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 12 | #5,947 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 9 | #7,162 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 11 | #6,104 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 12 | #5,639 | |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,584 | 13 | #5,088 |
| 1998 | under 5 | 9 | #6,428 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 19 | #3,621 | |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,208 | 15 | #4,219 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,966 | 15 | #4,092 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,162 | 17 | #3,779 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,021 | 22 | #3,064 |
| 1992 | under 5 | 15 | #3,953 | |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,537 | 18 | #3,357 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 19 | #3,192 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 15 | #3,655 | |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,676 | 24 | #2,451 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,733 | 25 | #2,282 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,253 | 27 | #2,111 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,050 | 28 | #2,026 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 10 | #3,988 | |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,460 | 20 | #2,428 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,431 | 30 | #1,863 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 34 | #1,698 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 44 | #1,435 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 28 | #1,911 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 41 | #1,457 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 53 | #1,215 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 45 | #1,323 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 39 | #1,414 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 46 | #1,233 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 55 | #1,096 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 54 | #1,112 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 51 | #1,152 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 46 | #1,226 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 48 | #1,129 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 57 | #974 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 43 | #1,137 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 22 | #1,659 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 26 | #1,525 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 35 | #1,334 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 34 | #1,340 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 48 | #1,109 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 49 | #1,123 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 48 | #1,132 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 48 | #1,117 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 61 | #971 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 54 | #1,028 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 92 | #770 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 195 | #524 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 32 | #1,335 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 30 | #1,381 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 26 | #1,491 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 22 | #1,607 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 26 | #1,439 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 16 | #1,880 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 24 | #1,497 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 23 | #1,565 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 16 | #1,833 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 9 | #2,433 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 11 | #2,220 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 16 | #1,850 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 17 | #1,751 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 11 | #2,234 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 20 | #1,530 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 15 | #1,813 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 9 | #2,519 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 12 | #2,109 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 10 | #2,327 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 12 | #2,156 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 13 | #2,041 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 16 | #1,784 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 13 | #2,124 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 18 | #1,713 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 30 | #1,309 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 25 | #1,452 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 5 | #4,334 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 5 | #4,493 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 5 | #4,449 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 5 | #4,116 |
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 Davy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,008 Americans recorded as Davy, 11% are girls and 89% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Davy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Davy, and how old are they?
2,390 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 3,008 Americans ever recorded as Davy. The median Davy alive today is 48 years old; half are between 19 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 2,450 people named Davy (429 women and girls, 2,021 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,245 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 46 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 602 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 617 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 384 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 255 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 489 |
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 Davy born?
The states with the most babies named Davy are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 64% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 221 | #2,660 | 1.0× |
| California | 110 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 41 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 27 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 24 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 21 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Mississippi | 15 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 14 | not ranked | 0.3× |
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 Davy 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, Davy is the fourth most given (3.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 39 of their 366 babies (11%), the fifth most given that year.
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.
More about Davy and names like it
- Compare Davy and DaveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sDavy peaked in 1955.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Davy since 1910.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Davy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Davy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.