Davis

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · #668 for boys in 2025, 409 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1901 · 29 births
Debut · boys
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
32,076
since 1880

Davis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Davis has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #334, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,09925#668409
2024#6,16719#644432
2023#5,39023#614456
2022#4,04136#632441
2021#6,17419#557507
2020#4,07834#553511
2019#5,30624#538529
2018#4,45831#507561
2017#4,22034#492587
2016#4,99027#490620
2015#5,45824#474629
2014#5,62523#447666
2013#6,46219#443648
2012#4,60131#416685
2011#7,78315#435628
2010#7,21717#420657
2009#8,88813#427665
2008#7,74216#408725
2007#7,39417#395756
2006#6,84018#404732
2005#6,52818#394730
2004#4,94926#374743
2003#6,05519#370704
2002#6,12918#390667
2001#6,32217#362733
2000#4,52726#381681
1999#5,89617#371704
1998#7,53212#375677
1997#6,16315#376645
1996#4,73921#409567
1995#10,5147#409560
1994#7,09712#424542
1993#7,03812#460457
1992#8,06510#512392
1991#7,98710#590297
1990#7,30311#597281
1989#8,7618#570290
1988#7,6919#559272
1987#11,3255#574250
1986#9,5456#575240
1985#651181
1984#647178
1983#682157
1982#665172
1981#10,4115#682161
1980#9,0956#741140
1979#747134
1978#760123
1977#9,6525#805113
1976#776114
1975#7,9846#831100
1974#86785
1973#6,6667#79699
1972#82295
1971#755118
1970#714132
1969#78297
1968#7,0165#74699
1967#6,0426#692115
1966#713108
1965#688117
1964#742107
1963#6,5925#698123
1962#725112
1961#668138
1960#672135
1959#653138
1958#6,1035#654138
1957#5,3776#689123
1956#648137
1955#599151
1954#614144
1953#631128
1952#5,5635#586142
1951#577144
1950#5,3015#610126
1949#3,39310#535154
1948#523160
1947#556147
1946#529146
1945#533125
1944#4,0546#63394
1943#550130
1942#3,4448#556122
1941#3,0309#571108
1940#541118
1939#536114
1938#527122
1937#536117
1936#510122
1935#3,1568#566104
1934#545117
1933#3,1098#59196
1932#4,4115#556113
1931#4,3315#529120
1930#2,84510#572109
1929#2,92110#564110
1928#2,76811#518135
1927#2,09518#508142
1926#1,88321#552122
1925#2,28316#516140
1924#2,51414#465174
1923#3,6418#554125
1922#2,78012#526140
1921#3,4009#521142
1920#3,9577#576117
1919#486150
1918#519133
1917#3,0929#549114
1916#3,5527#534115
1915#2,9009#550104
1914#2,6388#55580
1913#59754
1912#59247
1911#53331
1910#43040
1909#61519
1908#56620
1907#55919
1906#36333
1905#49121
1904#43124
1903#43022
1902#8628
1901#33429
1900#53420
1899#58312
1898#57314
1897#65211
1896#42421
1895#55614
1894#59412
1893#45916
1892#42220
1891#44116
1890#40520
1889#38821
1888#43019
1887#51612
1886#41718
1885#38821
1884#57011
1883#55611
1882#6529
1881#48713
1880#42517
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Davis was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

See more about Davis
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#644#668)
  • 115 spots since 2020 (#553#668)
  • 194 spots since 2015 (#474#668)
  • Biggest jump: 432 spots in 1903 (#862#430)
  • Biggest drop: 528 spots in 1902 (#334#862)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #334 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,651
  • Highest: 1 in 2,651 boys born in 2001 were named Davis (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,176 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #334 in 1901, was only 1 in 3,671 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Davis (7,136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s152#388 (1885)#483
1890s156#405 (1890)#511
1900s215#334 (1901)#519
1910s868#430 (1910)#535
1920s1,347#465 (1924)#530
1930s1,134#510 (1936)#547
1940s1,304#523 (1948)#553
1950s1,371#577 (1951)#626
1960s1,151#668 (1961)#713
1970s1,113#714 (1970)#787
1980s2,041#559 (1988)#635
1990s5,122#371 (1999)#452
2000s7,136#362 (2001)#391
2010s6,210#416 (2012)#466
2020s2,756#553 (2020)#611

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.

Davis in 1916

girls
#3,552
7 births · 1 in 149,191 girls
boys
#534
115 births · 1 in 7,740 boys

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #3,552Davis7

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #534Davis115
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 149,191 of them was named Davis, which outranked 31.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davis
  1. #3,258Zenna8
  2. #3,258Zilda8
  3. #3,258Zilla8
  4. #3,552Davis7
  5. #3,552Adelyne7
  6. #3,552Adie7
  7. #3,552Adora7
  8. #3,919Adalyn6
  9. #3,919Aina6
  10. #3,919Aldea6

Tied with 366 names at #3,552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 567Trinidad#1,317#750
  2. 388Coral#1,367#979
  3. 377Coletta#1,317#940
  4. 370Clifford#1,285#915
  5. 327Maida#1,231#904
Fallers
  1. 364Louis#934#1,298
  2. 354Herminia#944#1,298
  3. 346Gertha#900#1,246
  4. 344Lahoma#934#1,278
  5. 310Hassie#900#1,210

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 7,740 of them was named Davis, which outranked 88.2% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davis
  1. #528Raphael117
  2. #528Rene117
  3. #533Granville116
  4. #534Davis115
  5. #534Carrol115
  6. #534Harland115
  7. #537Domenic114
  8. #537Gale114
  9. #537Rosario114

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 2,568Tatsuo#3,392#824
  2. 1,088Hughes#1,878#790
  3. 410Angel#1,181#771
  4. 378Trinidad#1,181#803
  5. 354Rolla#1,306#952
Fallers
  1. 500Nicolas#804#1,304
  2. 468Collins#906#1,374
  3. 463Hilliard#952#1,415
  4. 383Arvo#952#1,335
  5. 363Rayford#941#1,304

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1916