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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 142,846 of them was named Davie, which outranked 46.6% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,880Zara12
- #2,880Zena12
- #2,880Zettie12
- #3,034Davie11
- #3,034Adline11
- #3,034Adriane11
- #3,034Aldean11
- #3,217Adaline10
- #3,217Adena10
- #3,217Adina10
Tied with 182 names at #3,034; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 39,610 of them was named Davie, which outranked 73.2% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,060Ocie42
- #1,060Romeo42
- #1,060Wayland42
- #1,076Davie41
- #1,076Angus41
- #1,076Asa41
- #1,076Chauncey41
- #1,094Abelardo40
- #1,094Aron40
- #1,094Auther40
Tied with 17 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.