Davey
#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 93.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1929 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,346since 1925
Davey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 31 | #3,379 | 34 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #3,524 | 32 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | #3,582 | 31 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #4,354 | 23 |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,822 | 19 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,011 | 25 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,396 | 34 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,441 | 32 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,345 | 75 |
| 1993 | — | #1,340 | 72 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,596 | 38 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,629 | 36 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,547 | 39 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,435 | 42 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,149 | 59 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,268 | 49 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,225 | 50 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,530 | 34 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,123 | 53 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,309 | 41 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,080 | 57 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,136 | 47 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,034 | 51 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,070 | 50 |
| 1963 | — | #961 | 61 | |
| 1962 | — | #907 | 70 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,059 | 54 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,012 | 58 | |
| 1958 | — | #978 | 60 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,214 | 41 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | — | #756 | 93 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,007 | 55 | |
| 1953 | — | #833 | 74 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,094 | 44 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,086 | 42 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,091 | 42 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #983 | 45 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #909 | 54 |
| 1929 | — | #655 | 89 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Davey! It came in at #4,197, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1927, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Davey is popular in 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#399 · 1 in 4,427
- Texas#907 · 1 in 18,761
Best ever in a state: #249 in West Virginia, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #399 | 6 | 1 in 4,427 |
| Texas | #907 | 6 | 1 in 18,761 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Davey
- 145 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #3,379)
- 274 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,379)
- 916 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 2,188 spots in 1929 (#2,843 → #655)
- Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1932 (#983 → #1,356)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1929 at #655 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1929–1931
- Highest: 1 in 12,086 boys born in 1929 were named Davey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.7% of all boys named Davey (559) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 103 | #655 (1929) | #2,565 |
| 1930s | 233 | #909 (1930) | #1,614 |
| 1940s | 241 | #985 (1949) | #1,643 |
| 1950s | 559 | #756 (1955) | #1,017 |
| 1960s | 498 | #907 (1962) | #1,098 |
| 1970s | 465 | #1,080 (1970) | #1,279 |
| 1980s | 302 | #1,547 (1980) | #1,979 |
| 1990s | 372 | #1,340 (1993) | #2,419 |
| 2000s | 186 | #3,095 (2002) | #4,755 |
| 2010s | 197 | #3,894 (2010) | #4,902 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,344 (2022) | #3,547 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Davey in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 315,809 of them was named Davey, which outranked 23.0% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,474Zinna7
- #5,474Ziva7
- #5,474Zora7
- #6,009Davey6
- #6,009Adalia6
- #6,009Adeana6
- #6,009Adline6
- #6,767Abbigail5
- #6,767Abelina5
- #6,767Abilene5
Tied with 757 names at #6,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 39,854 of them was named Davey, which outranked 76.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,059Parker51
- #1,059Raleigh51
- #1,059Rey51
- #1,070Davey50
- #1,070Bentley50
- #1,070Blaise50
- #1,070Eugenio50
- #1,082Ambrose49
- #1,082Barbara49
- #1,082Brain49
Tied with 11 names at #1,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.