Davy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-vee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Davy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Davy mean?
Hebrew: pet form of David
“beloved”
Davy Crockett, the American frontiersman who died at the Alamo in 1836, is the most famous bearer.
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Is Davy a girl's or a boy's name?
Davy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Davy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Davy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Davy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Davy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Davy, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 1955, with 195 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917. 20 girls were also named Davy in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Davy than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Davy in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Davy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 19% of the babies named Davy in the US in 1982, and 51% in 2025.
Davy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,452 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,210 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,320 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,107 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,150 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,124 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,337 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,107 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,130 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,116 |
| 1958 | 61 | #968 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 92 | #769 |
| 1955 | 195 | #524 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Davy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Danny Toby Daniel David Michael Billy Rory Lenny Matthew Joey Jamie Adam
Other spellings of Davy
Names related to Davy
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, “Davy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/davy, updated 20 October 2026.