Davy
About Davy
Davy and Davey are certainly short forms that are frequently used but rarely wind up on the birth certificate. And why, since David is such a handsome, classic, yet short and simple name on its own?
Pronounced DAY-vee.
As of October 2026, Davy ranked #5078 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #525 in 1955.
Editor's take: The name Davy is a boy's name meaning "beloved".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,736 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,364 | 23 | 12.8 |
| 2020 | #3,435 | 32 | 18.5 |
| 2021 | #4,271 | 24 | 13.7 |
| 2022 | #4,329 | 24 | 13.7 |
| 2023 | #4,485 | 23 | 13.4 |
| 2024 | #2,832 | 45 | 26.1 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Similar names
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- Rudy
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- Stevie
- George
- Vinnie
- Judi
- Johnnie
- Wally
- Frazier
- Crawford
- Watkins
- Holliday
- Frantz
- Cleveland
- Florance
- Jossie
- Mattie
- Bartlett
- Carin
Davy on lists
Famous Davys
- David "Davy" Crockett
American frontiersman and politician
- David Thomas "Davy" Jones
English singer of The Monkees
- Davy Arnaud
American soccer player
- Davy Jones
American racing driver
- Davy Spillane
Irish musician
- Davy Klaassen
Dutch footballer
- Davy Pröpper
Dutch footballer
- Davy Burnaby
English actor
- David Jefferson "Davy" Jones
American baseball player
- David W. "Davy" Force
American baseball player
- David Joseph "Davy" Walsh
Irish footballer
- Davy Sardou
French actor; son of singer Michel Sardou
Davy in pop culture
- Davy Jones
legendary nautical figure ("Davy Jones' Locker"), who appeared in the
- Davy Linnell
character in the "Sims" series
- Davy Keith
twin adopted by Marilla Cuthbert in the Anne of Green Gables series
- Davy Jones
living wooden whale in John R. Neill's novel "Lucky Bucky in Oz"
- "Davy
" science fiction novel by Edgar Pangborn
- "Davy
" 1957 British movie
- "Davy
" album by Coconut Records