Davidson
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Davidson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of David”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Davidson mean?
English: English and Scottish surname, from David
“son of David”
Harley-Davidson was founded in Milwaukee in 1903 by William Harley and the Davidson brothers.
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Is Davidson a girl's or a boy's name?
Davidson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Davidson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Davidson, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Davidson in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Davidson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
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