Davey
#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 93.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1929 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,346since 1925
Davey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 31 | #3,379 | 34 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #3,524 | 32 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | #3,582 | 31 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #4,354 | 23 |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,822 | 19 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,011 | 25 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,396 | 34 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,441 | 32 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,345 | 75 |
| 1993 | — | #1,340 | 72 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,596 | 38 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,629 | 36 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,547 | 39 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,435 | 42 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,149 | 59 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,268 | 49 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,225 | 50 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,530 | 34 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,123 | 53 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,309 | 41 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,080 | 57 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,136 | 47 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,034 | 51 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,070 | 50 |
| 1963 | — | #961 | 61 | |
| 1962 | — | #907 | 70 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,059 | 54 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,012 | 58 | |
| 1958 | — | #978 | 60 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,214 | 41 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | — | #756 | 93 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,007 | 55 | |
| 1953 | — | #833 | 74 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,094 | 44 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,086 | 42 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,091 | 42 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #983 | 45 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #909 | 54 |
| 1929 | — | #655 | 89 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Davey! It came in at #4,197, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1927, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Davey is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#493 · 1 in 6,090
- Georgia#508 · 1 in 7,994
- Texas#919 · 1 in 20,528
- California#990 · 1 in 35,929
Best ever in a state: #249 in West Virginia, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #493 | 7 | 1 in 6,090 |
| Georgia | #508 | 6 | 1 in 7,994 |
| Texas | #919 | 6 | 1 in 20,528 |
| California | #990 | 5 | 1 in 35,929 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Davey
- 145 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #3,379)
- 274 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,379)
- 916 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 2,188 spots in 1929 (#2,843 → #655)
- Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1932 (#983 → #1,356)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1929 at #655 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1929–1931
- Highest: 1 in 12,086 boys born in 1929 were named Davey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.7% of all boys named Davey (559) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 103 | #655 (1929) | #2,565 |
| 1930s | 233 | #909 (1930) | #1,614 |
| 1940s | 241 | #985 (1949) | #1,643 |
| 1950s | 559 | #756 (1955) | #1,017 |
| 1960s | 498 | #907 (1962) | #1,098 |
| 1970s | 465 | #1,080 (1970) | #1,279 |
| 1980s | 302 | #1,547 (1980) | #1,979 |
| 1990s | 372 | #1,340 (1993) | #2,419 |
| 2000s | 186 | #3,095 (2002) | #4,755 |
| 2010s | 197 | #3,894 (2010) | #4,902 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,344 (2022) | #3,547 |
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.
Davey in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 36,802 of them was named Davey, which outranked 77.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,004Lisa59
- #1,004Normand59
- #1,004Reymundo59
- #1,012Davey58
- #1,012Brant58
- #1,012Buck58
- #1,012Davie58
- #1,019Arnulfo57
- #1,019Boyce57
- #1,019Darold57
Tied with 6 names at #1,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.