Davy
Davy was the 5078th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 525th with 195 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,337 places. More babies were named Davy in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,078 boys, down 1,722 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19boys
- Girls and boys
- 47% girls, 53% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1955195 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,008babies recorded
Davy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,966 | #5,078 | 20 | 19 |
| 2020 | #7,006 | #3,356 | 16 | 33 |
| 2010 | #17,676 | #6,427 | 5 | 13 |
| 2000 | — | #5,647 | — | 12 |
| 1990 | — | #3,198 | — | 19 |
| 1980 | — | #1,435 | — | 44 |
| 1970 | — | #1,226 | — | 46 |
| 1960 | — | #1,133 | — | 48 |
| 1950 | — | #1,440 | — | 26 |
| 1940 | — | #1,530 | — | 20 |
| 1930 | — | #1,309 | — | 30 |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Davy, counting every spelling?
Davy is a spelling of Davey, a name family that had 53 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 53 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davey | 34 | #3,394 | 161 |
| Davy | 19 | #5,078 | 136 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Davy?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Davy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Davy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Davy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Davy?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Davy are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 31 and 66. That makes Davy mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Davy by state
How common Davy was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Davy: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Davy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Davy
How popular is the name Davy?
Davy was the 5078th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 525th with 195 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,337 places. More babies were named Davy in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Davy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 47% girls, 53% boys given the name Davy in the US.
Where is Davy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Davy was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 boys).