# Davey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/davey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪvi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Davie, Davy |
| US babies named this | 3,568 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,346 / 222 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 326, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | 13,971 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,593 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,809 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,525 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,046 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,124 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,099 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9,995 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,841 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,005 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,994 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,507 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,481 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,700 |
| 2025 | 31 | 4,477 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,855 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,297 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,024 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,106 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,324 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,819 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,209 |
| 2018 | 23 | 4,392 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,516 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,667 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,597 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,352 |
| 2023 | 29 | 3,816 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,538 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,394 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11 | 1,859 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Davey

- Davey Havok, American singer
- Davey Lee, American actor (1924-2008)
- Davey Allison, American racecar driver (1961–1993)
- Davey O'Brien, American football player (1917-1977)
- Davey Hamilton, American racing driver
- Davey Rimmer, British musician
- Tori Spelling, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.