Davy

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 89.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1955 · 195 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,682
since 1917

Davy over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #525, 1955girlsat peakboys
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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#5,91720#5,04519
2024#5,96220#2,83545
2023#5,24824#4,34324
2022#5,63822#4,30324
2021#4,16734#4,24724
2020#6,92316#3,34433
2019#6,17619#4,33723
2018#6,79217#7,13611
2017#11,6158#6,06014
2016#8,87512#6,34913
2015#10,14810#6,32413
2014#10,9559#4,70220
2013#13,1507#7,02611
2012#10,42910#5,48216
2011#5,67515
2010#16,9925#6,35913
2009#17,2945#4,92219
2008#15,4056#5,76715
2007#4,49321
2006#5,30316
2005#16,4625#7,09610
2004#6,97610
2003#5,87712
2002#7,0559
2001#6,01311
2000#5,58812
1999#10,3458#5,03513
1998#6,3149
1997#3,60119
1996#11,8076#4,18515
1995#13,3865#4,05215
1994#11,7786#3,75117
1993#13,4425#3,04222
1992#3,92015
1991#10,2717#3,32518
1990#3,16619
1989#3,61815
1988#10,3866#2,43724
1987#11,3255#2,27225
1986#7,1349#2,09627
1985#10,6775#2,01928
1984#3,92510
1983#7,3128#2,40820
1982#8,2247#1,85030
1981#1,69534
1980#1,43244
1979#1,90328
1978#1,45241
1977#1,21053
1976#1,32045
1975#1,40739
1974#1,22946
1973#1,09355
1972#1,10754
1971#1,15051
1970#1,22246
1969#1,12448
1968#96857
1967#1,13243
1966#1,65022
1965#1,51326
1964#1,32735
1963#1,33834
1962#1,10848
1961#1,12149
1960#1,13148
1959#1,11748
1958#96961
1957#1,02954
1956#77092
1955#525195
1954#1,33332
1953#1,37830
1952#1,48526
1951#1,59822
1950#1,43426
1949#1,87216
1948#1,48724
1947#1,55523
1946#1,81316
1945#2,3939
1944#2,19511
1943#1,83316
1942#1,73017
1941#2,20711
1940#1,51920
1939#1,79515
1938#2,4799
1937#2,08812
1936#2,30110
1935#2,12712
1934#2,02213
1933#1,77016
1932#2,10113
1931#1,69318
1930#1,29930
1929#1,44325
1928
1927#4,2105
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1924#4,3475
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1922#4,3075
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1917#3,9815
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Davy! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1928, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Davy
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,210 spots since 2024 (#2,835#5,045)
  • 1,701 spots since 2020 (#3,344#5,045)
  • 1,279 spots since 2015 (#6,324#5,045)
  • Biggest jump: 808 spots in 1955 (#1,333#525)
  • Biggest drop: 259 spots in 1957 (#770#1,029)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1955 at #525 (195 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1955–1956
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,564
  • Highest: 1 in 10,564 boys born in 1955 were named Davy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Davy (586) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,981 (1917)#3,981
1920s40#1,443 (1929)#3,577
1930s148#1,299 (1930)#1,968
1940s163#1,487 (1948)#1,860
1950s586#525 (1955)#1,164
1960s410#968 (1968)#1,241
1970s458#1,093 (1973)#1,309
1980s257#1,432 (1980)#2,375
1990s162#3,042 (1993)#4,039
2000s135#4,493 (2007)#5,909
2010s149#4,337 (2019)#5,945
2020s169#2,835 (2024)#4,020

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.

Davy in 1980

boys
#1,432
44 births · 1 in 40,544 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,432Davy44
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 40,544 of them was named Davy, which outranked 80.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davy
  1. #1,410Travon45
  2. #1,410Tremain45
  3. #1,410Ward45
  4. #1,432Davy44
  5. #1,432Anibal44
  6. #1,432Berry44
  7. #1,432Booker44
  8. #1,449Christofer43
  9. #1,449Dajuan43
  10. #1,449Damein43

Tied with 16 names at #1,432; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 381Gideon#1,370#989
  2. 296Bo#864#568
  3. 270Anson#1,137#867
  4. 266Dustan#1,255#989
  5. 255Dusty#614#359
Fallers
  1. 366Harris#991#1,357
  2. 362Tracey#842#1,204
  3. 331Jevon#780#1,111
  4. 321Kennith#937#1,258
  5. 267Levar#644#911

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

See the top 100 for 1980