Name profile

Davis

This name comes from the English surname Davis, which was derived from the given name David.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#668

Meaning and history

Dāvis comes from the English surname Davis, which itself was derived from the given name David. A notable bearer of the surname was Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), the only president of the Confederate States of America.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 732 births, rank #404
2007: 756 births, rank #395
2008: 725 births, rank #408
2009: 665 births, rank #427
2010: 657 births, rank #420
20112011: 628 births, rank #435
2012: 685 births, rank #416
2013: 648 births, rank #443
2014: 666 births, rank #447
2015: 629 births, rank #474
20162016: 620 births, rank #490
2017: 587 births, rank #492
2018: 561 births, rank #507
2019: 529 births, rank #538
2020: 511 births, rank #553
20212021: 507 births, rank #557
2022: 441 births, rank #632
2023: 456 births, rank #614
2024: 432 births, rank #644
20252025: 409 births, rank #668

Davis moved from #644 to #668 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 756 births.