first name
DAVIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,633 people named Davis, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Black and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Davis peaked in 2007, when 773 babies got the name.
At least 33,114 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Davis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #811. The largest share of babies named Davis, 34.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Davis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Davis has been most common in Georgia (3×), Utah (2.9×), and North Carolina (2.8×), and least common in Connecticut (0.12×).
26,755 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Davis
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Davis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Davis ranks #9 of 156,621, with 1,074,448 people. See Davis as a last name
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