Davis

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

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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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #334, 1901boys
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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#5,09925#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 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #521 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 20,891 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #599 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 15,094 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedMOKentucky: #324 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,736 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedARTennessee: #427 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,442 boysTNNorth Carolina: #344 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,326 boysNCSouth Carolina: #398 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,191 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #277 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,206 boysLAMississippi: #339 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,823 boysMSAlabama: #393 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,112 boysALGeorgia: #434 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,711 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedHITexas: #559 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,856 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Davis, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#277 · 1 in 2,206
  2. Kentucky#324 · 1 in 3,736
  3. Mississippi#339 · 1 in 3,823
  4. North Carolina#344 · 1 in 4,326
  5. Alabama#393 · 1 in 5,112

Best ever in a state: #120 in North Carolina, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#277141 in 2,206
Kentucky#32491 in 3,736
Mississippi#33971 in 3,823
North Carolina#344111 in 4,326
Alabama#39371 in 5,112
South Carolina#39851 in 5,191
Tennessee#42751 in 7,442
Georgia#43461 in 6,711
Pennsylvania#52151 in 20,891
Texas#559131 in 6,856
California#59971 in 15,094
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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 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 1946

boys
#529
146 births · 1 in 11,123 boys

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #529Davis146
More about 1946

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 11,123 of them was named Davis, which outranked 86.8% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Davis
  1. #526Colin148
  2. #527Kendall147
  3. #527Morgan147
  4. #529Davis146
  5. #529Dickie146
  6. #529Gayle146
  7. #529Lon146
  8. #534Buford145
  9. #534Mervin145
  10. #534Shirley145

Tied with 4 names at #529; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 584Zachary#1,536 → #952
  2. ↑ 514Patric#1,494 → #980
  3. ↑ 385Kris#1,296 → #911
  4. ↑ 385Rich#1,296 → #911
  5. ↑ 380Furman#1,270 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Layton#971 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 438Farris#971 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 394Delano#558 → #952
  4. ↓ 312Leopoldo#864 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 290Rosevelt#927 → #1,217

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →