Meaning not yet researched.
Davis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 409 in 2025. Its best rank was #338 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #338 in 1901; #668 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Davis in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#668 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #338.
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Davis: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 409 boys in 2025. Peak: #338 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 756 (2007).
In 2025, 409 US boys were named Davis, making it the 668th most common boys’ name of the year, down 24 places from #644 in 2024. That is 23 fewer than the 432 boys named Davis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #338, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 756, in 2007. For comparison, it was #475 in 2015 and #611 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Davis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 33,114 US babies have been given the name, 3.1% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 7,324 babies named Davis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,053 US boys were named Davis; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 620. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,176 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Davis ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #262 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Davius, Davies and Davious are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Davius (76), Davies (47), Davious (32).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Davis in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 21 | #262 | #225 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #323 | #316 |
| North Carolina | 35 | #333 | #229 |
| Utah | 13 | #357 | #270 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #362 | #317 |
| Georgia | 26 | #430 | #240 |
| Louisiana | 11 | #431 | #392 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #445 | #207 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #534 | #549 |
| Kansas | 6 | #540 | #286 |
| Colorado | 10 | #547 | #600 |
| Indiana | 12 | #552 | #488 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #574 | #341 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #575 | #528 |
| Iowa | 5 | #599 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #636 | #363 |
| Ohio | 14 | #654 | #661 |
| Texas | 45 | #661 | #468 |
| Missouri | 8 | #664 | #496 |
| Illinois | 13 | #689 | #619 |
| Virginia | 9 | #748 | #499 |
| California | 31 | #801 | #673 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #808 | #520 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #836 | #479 |
| Michigan | 8 | #850 | #484 |
| Arizona | 6 | #866 | #600 |
| Washington | 6 | #923 | #611 |
| Florida | 14 | #968 | #486 |
| New York | 6 | #1,616 | #1,021 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,130 | 409 | #668 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,227 | 432 | #644 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,428 | 456 | #614 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,059 | 441 | #632 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,232 | 507 | #558 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,100 | 511 | #554 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,345 | 529 | #538 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,482 | 561 | #507 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,240 | 587 | #492 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,033 | 620 | #490 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,513 | 629 | #475 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,665 | 666 | #447 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,535 | 648 | #444 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,632 | 685 | #416 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,894 | 628 | #435 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,294 | 657 | #420 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,021 | 665 | #427 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,841 | 725 | #408 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,473 | 756 | #395 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,934 | 732 | #404 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,610 | 730 | #394 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,970 | 743 | #374 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,129 | 704 | #370 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,208 | 667 | #390 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,396 | 733 | #363 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,559 | 681 | #381 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,985 | 704 | #371 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,662 | 677 | #375 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,243 | 645 | #376 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,772 | 567 | #409 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,788 | 560 | #409 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,222 | 542 | #424 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,135 | 457 | #461 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,231 | 392 | #512 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,120 | 297 | #590 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,432 | 281 | #597 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,947 | 290 | #570 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,854 | 272 | #559 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,737 | 250 | #576 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,834 | 240 | #575 |
| 1985 | — | — | 181 | #651 |
| 1984 | — | — | 178 | #647 |
| 1983 | — | — | 157 | #683 |
| 1982 | — | — | 172 | #667 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,793 | 161 | #682 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,352 | 140 | #743 |
| 1979 | — | — | 134 | #748 |
| 1978 | — | — | 123 | #761 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,956 | 113 | #806 |
| 1976 | — | — | 114 | #776 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,223 | 100 | #833 |
| 1974 | — | — | 85 | #868 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,815 | 99 | #797 |
| 1972 | — | — | 95 | #822 |
| 1971 | — | — | 118 | #758 |
| 1970 | — | — | 132 | #714 |
| 1969 | — | — | 97 | #784 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,235 | 99 | #747 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,187 | 115 | #693 |
| 1966 | — | — | 108 | #713 |
| 1965 | — | — | 117 | #688 |
| 1964 | — | — | 107 | #743 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,810 | 123 | #698 |
| 1962 | — | — | 112 | #725 |
| 1961 | — | — | 138 | #668 |
| 1960 | — | — | 135 | #672 |
| 1959 | — | — | 138 | #654 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,293 | 138 | #654 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,535 | 123 | #689 |
| 1956 | — | — | 137 | #648 |
| 1955 | — | — | 151 | #601 |
| 1954 | — | — | 144 | #614 |
| 1953 | — | — | 128 | #632 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,740 | 142 | #586 |
| 1951 | — | — | 144 | #579 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,471 | 126 | #611 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,433 | 154 | #535 |
| 1948 | — | — | 160 | #523 |
| 1947 | — | — | 147 | #556 |
| 1946 | — | — | 146 | #529 |
| 1945 | — | — | 125 | #535 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,169 | 94 | #635 |
| 1943 | — | — | 130 | #554 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,506 | 122 | #556 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,065 | 108 | #572 |
| 1940 | — | — | 118 | #541 |
| 1939 | — | — | 114 | #536 |
| 1938 | — | — | 122 | #527 |
| 1937 | — | — | 117 | #538 |
| 1936 | — | — | 122 | #510 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,216 | 104 | #567 |
| 1934 | — | — | 117 | #546 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,175 | 96 | #592 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,555 | 113 | #556 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,466 | 120 | #529 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,893 | 109 | #572 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,967 | 110 | #565 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,813 | 135 | #520 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,113 | 142 | #508 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,889 | 122 | #553 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,306 | 140 | #516 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,554 | 174 | #467 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,716 | 125 | #554 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,821 | 140 | #527 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,467 | 142 | #521 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,057 | 117 | #577 |
| 1919 | — | — | 150 | #486 |
| 1918 | — | — | 133 | #521 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,150 | 114 | #549 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,629 | 115 | #535 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,948 | 104 | #550 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,695 | 80 | #556 |
| 1913 | — | — | 54 | #599 |
| 1912 | — | — | 47 | #594 |
| 1911 | — | — | 31 | #534 |
| 1910 | — | — | 40 | #434 |
| 1909 | — | — | 19 | #622 |
| 1908 | — | — | 20 | #567 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #564 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #366 |
| 1905 | — | — | 21 | #495 |
| 1904 | — | — | 24 | #435 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #434 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #876 |
| 1901 | — | — | 29 | #338 |
| 1900 | — | — | 20 | #536 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #587 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #583 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #658 |
| 1896 | — | — | 21 | #427 |
| 1895 | — | — | 14 | #561 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #601 |
| 1893 | — | — | 16 | #465 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #427 |
| 1891 | — | — | 16 | #446 |
| 1890 | — | — | 20 | #408 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #389 |
| 1888 | — | — | 19 | #432 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #524 |
| 1886 | — | — | 18 | #419 |
| 1885 | — | — | 21 | #388 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #580 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #565 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #662 |
| 1881 | — | — | 13 | #487 |
| 1880 | — | — | 17 | #431 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).