Davie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-vee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,564 for girls
Davie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).
What does Davie mean?
Hebrew: Scottish pet form of David
“beloved”
Traditional Scottish pet form of David.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Davie a girl's or a boy's name?
Davie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 68 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Davie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Davie, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 14 boys.
2025 had more boys named Davie than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Davie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. 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 Davie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Davey 13
- Davie 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Davie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Davie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,564among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 131% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Davie, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. It first appears in the records in 1892. 8 boys were also named Davie in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Davie of any year since it first appeared, in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Davie in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 119 girls in the US were given Davie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,504, up from #2,564 for this spelling alone.
In 1915, 19% of the babies named Davie in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 89%, with more girls than boys since 2017.
Davie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,564 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,291 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
Names like Davie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Davie
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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, “Davie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/davie, updated 20 October 2026.