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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

girls
#4,411
5 births · 1 in 213,430 girls
boys
#556
113 births · 1 in 9,240 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #4,411Davis5

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #556Davis113
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 213,430 of them was named Davis, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davis
  1. #3,901Yolonda6
  2. #3,901Zenia6
  3. #3,901Zonnie6
  4. #4,411Davis5
  5. #4,411Abbey5
  6. #4,411Adda5
  7. #4,411Adelita5

Tied with 687 names at #4,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 9,240 of them was named Davis, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davis
  1. #550Gayle114
  2. #550Marcel114
  3. #550Olin114
  4. #556Davis113
  5. #556Graham113
  6. #558Dorothy112
  7. #558Emile112
  8. #560Carson111

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

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932