Davis

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · #668 for boys in 2025, 409 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time

Showing
Show data for
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #334, 1901boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

Where Davis is popular in 1885

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1885

boys
#388
21 births · 1 in 5,133 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #388Davis21
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 5,133 of them was named Davis, which outranked 64.6% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davis
  1. #380Sim22
  2. #380Stewart22
  3. #380Wilber22
  4. #388Davis21
  5. #388Johnny21
  6. #388Milo21
  7. #388Murray21
  8. #399Anna20
  9. #399Blaine20
  10. #399Burt20

Tied with 10 names at #388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. ↑ 426Bryant#848 → #422
  2. ↑ 424Butler#971 → #547
  3. ↑ 424Cyril#971 → #547
  4. ↑ 409Gerhard#848 → #439
  5. ↑ 394Rowland#971 → #577
Fallers
  1. ↓ 520Clarance#416 → #936
  2. ↓ 416Oswald#520 → #936
  3. ↓ 389Doctor#547 → #936
  4. ↓ 366Dexter#570 → #936
  5. ↓ 366Gustaf#570 → #936

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

See the top 100 for 1885 →