Davey

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Davey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Davey: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #362, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#362highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1052
1998	#1188
1999	#2097
2000	#1002
2001	#1467
2002	#1799
2003	#1629
2004	#1347
2005	#1246
2006	#1469
2007	#865
2008	#1596
2009	#1859
2010	#2036
2011	#2039
2012	#1756
2013	#1617
2014	#2459
2015	#1442
2016	#2335
2017	#1546
2018	#2445
2019	#4702
2020	#1825
2022	#2320
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2039 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2025
Highest recorded position: #362 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2007–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Davey appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 313 births with the name.

Davey across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Davey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#865 (2007)	#2088 (2024)	27 of 29	313 (1996–2024)	30 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#362 (2023)	#676 (2025)	5 of 19	24 (2007–2025)	10 (2023)

Davey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Davey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	136	10 of 10	14
2010s	108	10 of 10	11
2020s	32	3 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Davey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Davey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#865	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #362, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Daud · #1077, 29y
Dave · #303, 31y
Davi · #317, 20y
Davian · #2357, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Keara · #362, 31y
Arda · #363, 26y
Md · #361, 29y
Rosalyn · #363, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Deacon · #362, 29y
Jordi · #362, 29y
Montgomery · #362, 29y
Timur · #362, 30y

Davey was ranked #362 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Davey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Davey without appearing here.

Davey moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2320 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1825 and #3848.
Courtney Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1825 and #3334.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1825 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Davey

Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1546 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #1382.
Leif Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1546 and #1703 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #1455.
Marius Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1617 and #2055 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #1486.

Moved the opposite way to Davey

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Davey

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davey went from #1458 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Davey

Davey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Davey across 2 official records

Davey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Davey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Davey at a glance

Davey across 2 official records

Davey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Davey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Davey

Davey and the names beside it

Davey moved ahead of

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