Davis

Where Davis comes from

The dictionaries list Davis as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1901
    Peak, #334
    29 babies named Davis — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #862.
  4. 1968
    Davis Kamoga born
    Ugandan athletics competitor
  5. 2002
    Davis Cleveland born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Davis Cleveland · American actor, born 2002
  • Davis Kamoga · Ugandan athletics competitor, born 1968
  • Davis Guggenheim · American filmmaker, born 1963
  • Davis Phinney · road bicycle racer, born 1959
  • Davis Love III · American professional golfer, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.