Davey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-vee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Davey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Davey mean?
Hebrew: pet form of David
“beloved”
A pet form of David; the sailors' phrase Davy Jones's locker uses another spelling of it.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Davey a girl's or a boy's name?
Davey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 31 girls and 34 boys in the US.
How popular is Davey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Davey, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 boys.
2025 had more boys named Davey than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Davey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Davey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Davey 13
- Davie 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Davey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 30 | #935 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Davey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Davey, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 1955, with 93 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925. 31 girls were also named Davey in 2025 (4,459th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Davey in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Davey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 8% of the babies named Davey in the US in 1930, and 48% in 2025.
Davey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,341 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,335 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,225 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,123 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,080 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,136 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,034 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,344 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | 61 | #960 |
| 1962 | 70 | #906 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,058 |
| 1960 | 57 | #1,016 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,011 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,018 |
| 1955 | 93 | #755 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,006 |
| 1953 | 74 | #832 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,093 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,085 |
| 1949 | 50 | #984 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 1931 | 45 | #983 |
| 1930 | 54 | #909 |
| 1929 | 89 | #655 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
Names like Davey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daniel Danny David Toby Casey Bradley Michael Joey Cody Ryan Aaron Dylan
Other spellings of Davey
Names related to Davey
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Davey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/davey, updated 20 October 2026.