Davison
Boy · DAY-vih-sun · English
Davison is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of David”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Davison mean?
English: English and Scottish surname
“son of David”
A Scottish and English surname meaning son of David; David itself is Hebrew for beloved.
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Is Davison a girl's or a boy's name?
Davison is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Davison in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Davison, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Davison than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Davison in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Davison in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Nicknames for Davison
- Dave 11 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Davison
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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