# Davy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/davy/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪvi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Davie |
| US babies named this | 3,008 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,682 / 326 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 130, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 17,676 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,629 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,526 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,222 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,327 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,026 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,922 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,872 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,232 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,006 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,183 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,682 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,285 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5,997 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,966 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,734 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,530 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,142 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,737 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,415 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,438 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,112 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,240 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,365 |
| 2020 | 33 | 3,356 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,272 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,332 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,371 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2,840 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,078 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Davy

- Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
- Davy Klaassen, Dutch association football player (born 1993)
- Davy Pröpper, Dutch association football player
- Davy Roef, Belgian association football player
- Davy Arnaud, American soccer player and coach
- Davy Chou, Cambodian-French artist
- Davy Jones, American racing driver
- Davy De Fauw, Belgian footballer
- Davy van den Berg, Dutch association football player (born 2000)
- Davy De Beule, Belgian association football player
- Davy Commeyne, Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist
- Davy Oyen, Belgian footballer

## 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.