How Many People Are Named Davy?
people named Davy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 141,525 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,008 babies named Davy in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
195 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 Davy in English. Counting Davy and these spellings together, about 7,770 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Davy, 13.4% were girls and 86.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Davy rose from 0% in the 1930s to 44.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Davy alive today is about 42 years old, and 40% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Davy first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1955, to 195 babies. In 2025, 39 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Davy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #524, in 1955. In 2025 it ranked #5,077. Among girls, its best rank was #4,179, in 2021.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,077 | #5,965 |
| Best rank | #524 (1955) | #4,179 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #962 in the 1950s | #5,498 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Davy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Davy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 170 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Davy was given 5.3 times as often in Texas and 2 times in California.
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