Davis
Davis is ranked 645th among boys in 2024 (429 births). Its best rank was 338th, in 1901.
- Rank in 2024
- #645down 32 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4290.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2007756 births
- Best rank
- #338in 1901
- Since 1880
- 32,676people given the name
The story in the numbers
31,663 boys have been named Davis in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 756 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 447 → 645).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 23%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,013 girls have also been given it, 3.1% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Davis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 152 | |
| 1890s | 156 | |
| 1900s | 215 | |
| 1910s | 868 | |
| 1920s | 1,347 | |
| 1930s | 1,134 | |
| 1940s | 1,304 | |
| 1950s | 1,371 | |
| 1960s | 1,150 | |
| 1970s | 1,113 | |
| 1980s | 2,042 | |
| 1990s | 5,122 | |
| 2000s | 7,136 | |
| 2010s | 6,209 | |
| 2020s | 2,344 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Davis was the 395th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Davis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Prestonpeak 2007
- Ivanpeak 2004
- Grantpeak 1997
- Issacpeak 2008
- Daytonpeak 2008
- Saulpeak 2006
- Hugopeak 2006
- Duncanpeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.