Davis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-vis
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #668 for boys
Davis is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of David”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 668th for boys in the US (409 babies).
What does Davis mean?
English: English and Welsh surname from David
“son of David”
A patronymic surname from David, especially common in Wales and along the Welsh border.
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Is Davis a girl's or a boy's name?
Davis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 25 girls and 409 boys in the US.
How popular is Davis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Davis, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 18 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Davis than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Davis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Davis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Davis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #668among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 409about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 409 boys in the US were named Davis, making it the 668th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 553rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 756 boys. 25 girls were also named Davis in 2025 (5,098th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Davis than any year since 1992.
Half of all the boys named Davis in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Davis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 409 | #668 |
| 2024 | 432 | #644 |
| 2023 | 456 | #614 |
| 2022 | 441 | #632 |
| 2021 | 507 | #557 |
| 2020 | 511 | #553 |
| 2019 | 529 | #538 |
| 2018 | 561 | #507 |
| 2017 | 587 | #492 |
| 2016 | 620 | #490 |
| 2015 | 629 | #474 |
| 2014 | 666 | #447 |
| 2013 | 648 | #443 |
| 2012 | 685 | #416 |
| 2011 | 628 | #435 |
| 2010 | 657 | #420 |
| 2009 | 665 | #427 |
| 2008 | 725 | #408 |
| 2007 | 756 | #395 |
| 2006 | 732 | #404 |
| 2005 | 730 | #394 |
| 2004 | 743 | #374 |
| 2003 | 704 | #370 |
| 2002 | 667 | #390 |
| 2001 | 733 | #362 |
| 2000 | 681 | #381 |
| 1999 | 704 | #371 |
| 1998 | 677 | #375 |
| 1997 | 645 | #376 |
| 1996 | 567 | #409 |
| 1995 | 560 | #409 |
| 1994 | 542 | #424 |
| 1993 | 457 | #460 |
| 1992 | 392 | #512 |
| 1991 | 297 | #588 |
| 1990 | 281 | #596 |
| 1989 | 290 | #569 |
| 1988 | 272 | #559 |
| 1987 | 250 | #574 |
| 1986 | 240 | #575 |
| 1985 | 181 | #651 |
| 1984 | 178 | #647 |
| 1983 | 157 | #682 |
| 1982 | 172 | #665 |
| 1981 | 161 | #682 |
| 1980 | 140 | #741 |
| 1979 | 134 | #747 |
| 1978 | 123 | #760 |
| 1977 | 113 | #805 |
| 1976 | 114 | #776 |
| 1975 | 100 | #831 |
| 1974 | 85 | #867 |
| 1973 | 99 | #796 |
| 1972 | 95 | #822 |
| 1971 | 118 | #755 |
| 1970 | 132 | #714 |
| 1969 | 97 | #782 |
| 1968 | 99 | #746 |
| 1967 | 115 | #692 |
| 1966 | 108 | #713 |
| 1965 | 117 | #688 |
| 1964 | 107 | #742 |
| 1963 | 123 | #698 |
| 1962 | 112 | #725 |
| 1961 | 138 | #667 |
| 1960 | 135 | #671 |
| 1959 | 138 | #652 |
| 1958 | 138 | #653 |
| 1957 | 123 | #688 |
| 1956 | 137 | #647 |
| 1955 | 151 | #598 |
| 1954 | 144 | #613 |
| 1953 | 128 | #630 |
| 1952 | 142 | #585 |
| 1951 | 144 | #576 |
| 1950 | 126 | #609 |
| 1949 | 154 | #534 |
| 1948 | 160 | #522 |
| 1947 | 147 | #556 |
| 1946 | 146 | #529 |
| 1945 | 125 | #533 |
| 1944 | 94 | #633 |
| 1943 | 130 | #550 |
| 1942 | 122 | #556 |
| 1941 | 108 | #571 |
| 1940 | 118 | #541 |
| 1939 | 114 | #536 |
| 1938 | 122 | #527 |
| 1937 | 117 | #536 |
| 1936 | 122 | #510 |
| 1935 | 104 | #566 |
| 1934 | 117 | #545 |
| 1933 | 96 | #591 |
| 1932 | 113 | #556 |
| 1931 | 120 | #529 |
| 1930 | 109 | #572 |
| 1929 | 110 | #564 |
| 1928 | 135 | #518 |
| 1927 | 142 | #508 |
| 1926 | 122 | #552 |
| 1925 | 140 | #516 |
| 1924 | 174 | #465 |
| 1923 | 125 | #554 |
| 1922 | 140 | #526 |
| 1921 | 142 | #521 |
| 1920 | 117 | #576 |
| 1919 | 150 | #486 |
| 1918 | 133 | #519 |
| 1917 | 114 | #549 |
| 1916 | 115 | #534 |
| 1915 | 104 | #550 |
| 1914 | 80 | #555 |
| 1913 | 54 | #597 |
| 1912 | 47 | #592 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 |
| 1910 | 40 | #430 |
| 1909 | 19 | #615 |
| 1908 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 21 | #491 |
| 1904 | 24 | #431 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 29 | #334 |
| 1900 | 20 | #534 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 21 | #424 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 16 | #459 |
| 1892 | 20 | #422 |
| 1891 | 16 | #441 |
| 1890 | 20 | #405 |
| 1889 | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 18 | #417 |
| 1885 | 21 | #388 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 9 | #652 |
| 1881 | 13 | #487 |
| 1880 | 17 | #425 |
Nicknames for Davis
- Dave 11 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Davis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Davis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/davis, updated 20 October 2026.