Davey*
#2,194 most common boys' name of all time · #5,254 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1925–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,194
Rank overall
#5,254 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
3,568
Since 2016
435
Peak year
1955 #759
Best rank
#656 1929
Girls
Boys
peak 93/yr
Davey first appears in 1925. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 34 | 65 | #3,394 |
| 2024 | 17 | 32 | 49 | #3,544 |
| 2023 | 18 | 29 | 47 | #3,820 |
| 2022 | 23 | 35 | 58 | #3,363 |
| 2021 | 26 | 31 | 57 | #3,605 |
| 2020 | 16 | 29 | 45 | #3,674 |
| 2019 | 14 | 22 | 36 | #4,512 |
| 2018 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,171 |
| 2016 | 14 | 20 | 34 | #4,807 |
| 2015 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,318 |
| 2014 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #5,094 |
| 2013 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,017 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,306 |
| 2011 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2010 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,916 |
| 2009 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,153 |
| 2008 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,126 |
| 2007 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,037 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #4,710 |
| 2005 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,088 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,565 |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,085 |
| 2002 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,130 |
| 2001 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,005 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #5,100 |
| 1999 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,971 |
| 1998 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,119 |
| 1997 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,410 |
| 1996 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,459 |
| 1995 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,321 |
| 1994 | 5 | 75 | 80 | #1,348 |
| 1993 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,350 |
| 1992 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,701 |
| 1991 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,636 |
| 1990 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,102 |
| 1989 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,131 |
| 1988 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,178 |
| 1987 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,252 |
| 1986 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,129 |
| 1985 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,140 |
| 1984 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,476 |
| 1983 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,934 |
| 1982 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,612 |
| 1981 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,646 |
| 1980 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,558 |
| 1979 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,448 |
| 1978 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,154 |
| 1977 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,279 |
| 1976 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,234 |
| 1975 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,547 |
| 1974 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,405 |
| 1973 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,130 |
| 1972 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,299 |
| 1971 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,325 |
| 1970 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,090 |
| 1969 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,148 |
| 1968 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,043 |
| 1967 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,209 |
| 1966 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,363 |
| 1965 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,269 |
| 1964 | 6 | 50 | 56 | #1,081 |
| 1963 | — | 61 | 61 | #970 |
| 1962 | — | 70 | 70 | #911 |
| 1961 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,067 |
| 1960 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,017 |
| 1958 | — | 60 | 60 | #993 |
| 1957 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,230 |
| 1956 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,031 |
| 1955 | — | 93 | 93 | #759 |
| 1954 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,019 |
| 1953 | — | 74 | 74 | #838 |
| 1952 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,193 |
| 1950 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | — | 50 | 50 | #996 |
| 1948 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,105 |
| 1947 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,437 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,849 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,458 |
| 1943 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,696 |
| 1942 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 1941 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,854 |
| 1939 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,794 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,975 |
| 1937 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,911 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,618 |
| 1935 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,756 |
| 1934 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 1933 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,904 |
| 1932 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,386 |
| 1931 | — | 45 | 45 | #996 |
| 1930 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #914 |
| 1929 | — | 89 | 89 | #656 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,071 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,796 |