Davy

Where Davy comes from

The dictionaries list Davy as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name David — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1786
    Davy Crockett born
    American frontiersman and politician
  2. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1955
    Peak, #525
    195 babies named Davy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #770.
  5. 1993
    Davy Klaassen born
    Dutch association football player
  6. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name David.
Namesakes
  • Davy Crockett · American frontiersman and politician, 1786–1836
  • Davy Klaassen · Dutch association football player, born 1993
  • Davy Pröpper · Dutch association football player, born 1991
  • Davy Roef · Belgian association football player, born 1994
  • Davy Arnaud · American soccer player and coach, born 1980

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.