Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Davidson

#4,421 most common boys' name of all time · #10,859 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among boys
#4,421
Rank overall
#10,859 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,144
Since 2016
263
Peak year
2009 #3,056
Best rank
#2,465 1994
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
19401960198020002020

Davidson first appears in 1924. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 27 27 #3,974
2024 — 16 16 #5,706
2023 — 28 28 #3,909
2022 — 33 33 #3,484
2021 — 24 24 #4,271
2020 — 17 17 #5,277
2019 — 29 29 #3,731
2018 — 20 20 #4,782
2017 — 38 38 #3,089
2016 — 31 31 #3,537
2015 — 32 32 #3,447
2014 — 32 32 #3,391
2013 — 19 19 #4,839
2012 — 25 25 #4,033
2011 — 35 35 #3,184
2010 — 25 25 #4,019
2009 — 38 38 #3,056
2008 — 22 22 #4,420
2007 — 24 24 #4,150
2006 — 23 23 #4,127
2005 — 32 32 #3,189
2004 — 35 35 #2,903
2003 — 22 22 #3,867
2002 — 30 30 #3,045
2001 — 27 27 #3,254
2000 — 19 19 #4,098
1999 — 29 29 #2,892
1998 — 16 16 #4,244
1997 — 19 19 #3,641
1996 — 16 16 #4,074
1995 — 17 17 #3,737
1994 — 31 31 #2,465
1993 — 16 16 #3,879
1992 — 21 21 #3,145
1991 — 18 18 #3,375
1990 — 17 17 #3,517
1989 — 19 19 #3,134
1988 — 13 13 #3,781
1987 — 17 17 #2,992
1986 — 16 16 #3,054
1985 — 19 19 #2,642
1984 — 7 7 #5,164
1983 — 13 13 #3,301
1982 — 11 11 #3,814
1981 — 12 12 #3,494
1980 — 10 10 #3,950
1979 — 12 12 #3,442
1978 — 8 8 #4,311
1977 — 9 9 #3,961
1976 — 10 10 #3,567
1975 — 6 6 #5,045
1973 — 7 7 #4,229
1970 — 8 8 #3,694
1967 — 5 5 #4,277
1965 — 8 8 #3,167
1957 — 7 7 #3,468
1956 — 5 5 #4,276
1948 — 8 8 #2,980
1932 — 6 6 #3,749
1924 — 5 5 #4,894