girls:
285 births since 1982
#5431 (5th percentile)
boys:
2.6k births since 1917
#2464 (46th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1917
#5027 (35th percentile)
The name Davy is the #5,027 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,901 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 35.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,464 (46.2% percentile) for all time with 2,616 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #5,431 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 285 births since 1982.
Davy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Davy is available in 99 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (99 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Davy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 48.9% of babies named Davy were boys.
For boys, Davy reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 28.1% percentile (ranked #460) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 1955, with 93 births per million (ranked 28.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Davy ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 13.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Davy reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #908) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Davy ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 74.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Davy".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Davy", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Davie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Davie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Davy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Davy is pronounced as DAY-vee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DA-vee, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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