How Many People Are Named Davey?
people named Davey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 123,121 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,568 babies named Davey in Social Security records from 1925 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
93 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DAVID.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Davey in English. Counting Davey and these spellings together, about 7,770 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Davey, 7.7% were girls and 92.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Davey rose from 0% in the 1920s to 40.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Davey alive today is about 41 years old, and 40% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Davey first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 1955, to 93 babies. In 2025, 65 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Davey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #655, in 1929. In 2025 it ranked #3,393.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,393 |
| Best rank | #655 (1929) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #987 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Davey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Davey were born in California than in any other state: about 168 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Davey was given 4.3 times as often in North Carolina, 3.3 times in Georgia and 2.6 times in California.
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