How Many People Are Named Davis?
people named Davis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,527 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,114 babies named Davis in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
773 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the given name DAVID. A famous bearer of the surname was Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), the only president of the Confederate States of America.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Davis, 3% were girls and 97% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Davis alive today is about 25 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Davis first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 773 babies. In 2025, 434 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Davis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #338, in 1901. In 2025 it ranked #668.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #668 |
| Best rank | #338 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #397 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Davis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Davis were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,419 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Davis was given 3.3 times as often in Mississippi, 2.9 times in South Carolina and 2.8 times in Georgia.
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