Davy

maleStatistical record

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

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

Davy: Recorded since 1996, it reached #605 in 2013, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#605highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2022
1998	#2901
1999	#2943
2000	#1703
2001	#2220
2002	#1799
2003	#1962
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2006	#2538
2007	#3589
2008	#2097
2009	#2837
2010	#2941
2011	#3300
2012	#3416
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2016	#3478
2017	#4812
2018	#3959
2021	#4789
2022	#4789
2023	#4107

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 25 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2023: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4107 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 #1765 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 recorded2010–2025
Highest recorded position: #605 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2010–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Davy appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 130 births with the name.

Davy 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.

Davy'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	#1765 (1996)	#1703 (2000)	#4107 (2023)	25 of 28	130 (1996–2023)	9 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#605 (2013)	#676 (2025)	10 of 16	36 (2010–2025)	4 (2013)

Davy 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 Davy in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	64	10 of 10	6
2010s	39	8 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Davy 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: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Davy'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #605, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 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.

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Davis · #243, 31y
Dawid · #122, 50y
Dawit · #348, 46y

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.

Armani · #605, 30y
Cailan · #605, 24y
Kael · #605, 24y
Leeroy · #605, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Armani · #605, 30y
Cailan · #605, 24y
Kael · #605, 24y
Leeroy · #605, 24y

Davy was ranked #605 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2013. 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.

Davy 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Davy without appearing here.

Davy moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #4685.
Maddison Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1703 and #3036.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #3865.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Davy

Arne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3478 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2493.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1819.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Davy

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Davy

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Davy went from #1765 to #4107 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

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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: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Davy

Davy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Davy across 2 official records

Davy by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Davy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Davy at a glance

Davy across 2 official records

Davy by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Davy 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 Davy

Davy and the names beside it

Davy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Davy

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