Davi
Masculine · “beloved”
Davi is given to both — 2,058 boys and 634 girls since 1880. See Davi as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Davi is the Portuguese spelling of David — the same name the Hebrew Bible gives its shepherd-king, with the final consonant worn away by centuries of Portuguese speech. It has been carried into American records largely through Brazilian families, and the states where it turns up most, Massachusetts, Florida and New Jersey, trace that path almost exactly. Two syllables, open vowels, and a name behind it that has been in continuous use for roughly three thousand years.
How old is the name Davi?
Davi first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Davi is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,000 people named Davi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davi most popular?
Davi peaked in 2022, reaching #1341 nationally. Today it ranks #1492, 151 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dawid to Davi
The story of Davi
The name begins as Hebrew Dawid, borne by the second king of Israel and used throughout the Hebrew scriptures. Greek and Latin translations carried it into Christian Europe as Dauid and David, from where it spread into nearly every European language, each reshaping it a little. Portuguese trimmed the closing consonant to give Davi, and that form traveled with Portuguese speakers to Brazil, where it became one of the ordinary ways to name a son. American records pick it up mid-twentieth century and it has grown quietly since, concentrated where Brazilian and Portuguese-speaking communities settled.
Meaning
beloved
From Hebrew dawid, understood as 'beloved' or 'darling'; Davi is the Portuguese form of that name.
How the name formed
- Dawid
- Dauid
- David
- Davi
Related forms: David · Davide · Dawid · Dawid · Dafydd · Dawud
Pronouncing Davi
dah-VEE
That is the Portuguese pronunciation, with the stress on the second syllable. English speakers commonly shift it to DAH-vee or read it as 'Davy'; both happen often enough that a family may want to decide early which correction they will bother making.
Nicknames for Davi
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1952
- Most boys named
- 2023140 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1341reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −11.3%118 in 2025, from 133
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Davi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- David in English, Spanish, French — same name
- Davide in Italian — same name
- Dawid in Hebrew — transliteration
- Dawid in Polish — same name
- Dafydd in Welsh — related form
- Dawud in Arabic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Massachusetts, Florida, New Jersey.
Davis among us
people named Davi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 14,475 born in 2025 was named Davi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Davi
- #1492
- Davi on the 2025 chart
- #791
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Davi went to 118 boys in 2025, but Davy is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 137, which makes it the 791st most-given boys’ name of the year — 701 places above the chart.
- Davi118
- Davy19
About 1 boy in 12,468 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 14,475 for Davi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ajani test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Davi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ajani climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ajani's path sketches the road Davi is walking now.
Davi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Davi is headed
Davi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 16% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Davi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Davi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Backed by David, one of the longest continuously used names in the world, so the root is instantly recognizable even where the spelling is not.
- Four letters, no silent parts, and short enough to need no nickname.
- Works in both English and Portuguese with only a shift of stress, which matters in bilingual families.
- Familiar-sounding without being duplicated in a classroom.
- Sits alongside well-established relatives — David, Davide, Dawid — if a child later wants a more local form.
- Expect a lifetime of people adding a final d. The name will be read as David on forms, in emails and by substitute teachers, and correcting it becomes a small daily habit.
- Stress placement is genuinely unsettled in American mouths: dah-VEE among Portuguese speakers, DAH-vee or 'Davy' elsewhere. Both are in real use, so the family gets to choose, but the choice will be tested regularly.
- The English ear may hear it as the nickname Davy rather than a full given name, which can read as informal on a résumé — though the same was once said of Charlie and Sam.
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Masculine · #1492 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Davis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Davi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Davi?
- Davi is the most-used spelling in US records — 118 of the 137 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Davy.
- How popular is the name Davi in 2025?
- Davi ranks #1492 among US boy names in 2025, with 118 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Davi?
- About 1 in every 14,475 US boys born in 2025 was named Davi — 118 in all.
- Will my child share the name Davi with classmates?
- Davi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Davi
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