Davie
#2,564 for girls in 2025, 68 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 74.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,258since 1880
Davie 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,564 | 68 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #2,891 | 58 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | — | #1,743 | 30 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,541 | 35 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | — | #1,278 | 42 | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #1,186 | 44 |
| 1968 | — | #1,068 | 48 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1966 | — | #1,237 | 37 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,093 | 49 |
| 1962 | — | #1,046 | 53 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,035 | 57 |
| 1960 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #1,012 | 58 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,222 | 40 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #1,063 | 51 |
| 1956 | — | #1,129 | 45 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #949 | 62 |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #1,189 | 39 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,013 | 50 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #992 | 50 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #1,006 | 48 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #1,122 | 34 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,070 | 38 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #970 | 47 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #1,208 | 31 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,085 | 35 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,337 | 25 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #980 | 45 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #841 | 60 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #859 | 59 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #989 | 47 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,192 | 34 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,217 | 29 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Davie was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Davie
- 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,910)
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
- 1,734 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 554 spots in 1929 (#1,413 → #859)
- Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1920 (#989 → #1,300)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #765 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1929–1930
- Highest: 1 in 15,400 boys born in 1885 were named Davie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.1% of all boys named Davie (491) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #765 (1885) | #839 |
| 1890s | 16 | #884 (1890) | #1,005 |
| 1900s | 34 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,169 |
| 1910s | 215 | #989 (1919) | #1,314 |
| 1920s | 354 | #859 (1929) | #1,243 |
| 1930s | 375 | #841 (1930) | #1,099 |
| 1940s | 371 | #970 (1942) | #1,131 |
| 1950s | 491 | #949 (1955) | #1,066 |
| 1960s | 477 | #1,017 (1960) | #1,108 |
| 1970s | 310 | #1,278 (1970) | #1,678 |
| 1980s | 226 | #1,808 (1980) | #2,399 |
| 1990s | 156 | #2,780 (1990) | #4,207 |
| 2000s | 106 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,102 |
| 2010s | 54 | #7,087 (2010) | #10,248 |
| 2020s | 55 | #7,257 (2024) | #8,234 |
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.
Davie in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 150,080 of them was named Davie, which outranked 40.6% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,986Yvonna10
- #2,986Zenith10
- #2,986Zoila10
- #3,194Davie9
- #3,194Abbey9
- #3,194Aldene9
- #3,194Allena9
- #3,444Adean8
- #3,444Adriane8
- #3,444Alberteen8
Tied with 249 names at #3,194; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 29,386 of them was named Davie, which outranked 76.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).