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By Pamela Redmond · Aug 2026

Davey

OriginShort form of David, Hebrew
Meaning"beloved"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Davey as a girl's name
US Rank#963

Top 1000

About Davey

Variation of David

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#3,500#4,000#4,500'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014—00
2015#4,3242312
2016#4,8172010.5
2017—00
2018#4,3902312.7
2019#4,5152212.3
2020#3,6652916.8
2021#3,5963117.7
2022#3,3513520
2023#3,8082917
2024#3,5273218.6
2025#3,3943419.9
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Daveys

  • Davey Boy Smith

    English pro wrestler

  • Davey O'Brien

    American football player

  • Davey Johnson

    American baseball player

  • Davey Allison

    American NASCAR driver

  • Davey Lopes

    American baseball player

  • Davey Graham

    English folk guitarist

  • Davey Johnstone

    Scottish rock guitarist

  • Davey Havok

    leader singer of American rock band AFI

  • Davey Wavey

    American YouTuber

  • Finn Davey McDermott

    son of actors Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott

Davey in pop culture

  • Davey Jones' Locker

    term for the ocean

  • Davey Stone

    character in movie "Eight Crazy Nights"

  • "Davey and Goliath

    " animated TV series

  • Davey Jacobs

    "Newsies" the Broadway Musical

  • Davey Wexler

    (female) main character in Judy Blume's "Tiger Eyes"

Davey in blog posts

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