NameTides

Davis

Davis was the #668 boys' name in the US in 2025 (409 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Davis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Davis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Davis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#668 (409)#5,137 (3)—#829 (3)#885 (29)
2024#644 (432)#2,922 (7)——#822 (31)
2023#614 (456)#2,008 (11)—#770 (3)#797 (31)
2022#632 (441)#3,049 (6)—#779 (3)#809 (31)
2021#557 (507)#3,017 (6)#720 (3)—#853 (29)
2020#553 (511)#4,608 (3)#536 (5)—#731 (34)
2019#538 (529)#3,411 (5)——#698 (36)
2018#507 (561)#2,259 (9)#704 (3)—#818 (29)
2017#492 (587)#2,512 (8)#733 (3)—#637 (40)
2016#490 (620)#2,175 (10)#592 (4)—#497 (58)
2015#474 (629)#2,707 (7)#686 (3)#615 (4)#476 (60)
2014#447 (666)#2,079 (10)——#515 (54)
2013#443 (648)#1,539 (15)#687 (3)—#556 (48)
2012#416 (685)#1,962 (11)#500 (5)—#500 (55)
2011#435 (628)#2,390 (8)#648 (3)—#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #362.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Davis were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Davis is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Davis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #797CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #359TNNorth Carolina: #330NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #428GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #661TXFlorida: #958FL
Davis (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#90712

Davis (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DavisCanadaGirls—too few
DavisCanadaBoys#88529
DavisEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
DavisIrelandBoys#8293
DavisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DavisScotlandBoys—too few
DavisUSGirls#5,09925
DavisUSBoys#668409