Davis

maleStatistical record

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

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

Davis: Recorded since 1968, with a gap of 27 years, its highest recorded position is #243, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Davis's record

Absent from every published list for 27 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1174
1998	#1367
1999	#2097
2000	#1425
2001	#1027
2002	#1411
2003	#1248
2004	#2070
2005	#1456
2006	#1545
2007	#1756
2009	#4527
2010	#1724
2011	#2390
2012	#1962
2013	#1539
2014	#2079
2015	#2707
2016	#2175
2017	#2512
2018	#2259
2019	#3411
2020	#4608
2021	#3017
2022	#3048
2023	#2007
2024	#2921

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 Republic of Ireland in 8 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2007 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #243 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1968–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Davis appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 250 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1968.

Davis 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.

Davis'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#243 (1968)	#243 (1968)	#829 (2025)	8 of 58	29 (1968–2025)	4 (1968)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1027 (2001)	#2921 (2024)	28 of 29	250 (1996–2024)	15 (2001)

Davis 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 Davis in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	93	9 of 10	10
2010s	96	10 of 10	10
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Davis 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 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Davis'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	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 1968 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 27 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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.

Davina · #254, 53y
Davinia · #533, 12y
Davy · #605, 29y
Dawid · #122, 49y

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.

Edda · #243, 30y
Thaddeus · #243, 29y
Islay · #244, 26y
Kaylem · #242, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aedin · #243, 30y
Bruno · #243, 47y
Ines · #243, 51y
Michel · #243, 24y

Davis was ranked #243 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1968. 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.

Davis 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 Davis without appearing here.

Davis moved ahead of

Joakim Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1539 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1539 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Davis

Harper Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1756 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #1425.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1724 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #1398.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Davis

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davis went from #1174 to #2921 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davis went from #1545 to #2921 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davis went from #1756 to #2921 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Davis

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davis went from #1174 to #2007 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Davis went from #2863 to #4608 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Davis went from #1367 to #3048 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Davis went from #1411 to #2921 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

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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 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Davis

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Popularity journey

Davis across 2 official records

Davis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Davis across 2 official records

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