Davie
Feminine · “beloved”
Davie is given to both — 1,119 girls and 3,258 boys since 1880. See Davie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Davie is David shortened, and the Hebrew is generally read as beloved — though the derivation is not fully settled.
How old is the name Davie?
Davie first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Davie alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 800 people named Davie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davie most popular?
Davie peaked in 1894, reaching #1136 nationally. Today it ranks #2564, 1,428 places below that high. See the whole 1894 chart.
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Where it comes from
From dod to Davie
The story of Davie
David is the second king of Israel, a musician, a poet and a great deal else, and his name is generally read as beloved — the text uses the word of him repeatedly. Scots made Davie as the everyday form. It is used for both sexes in America and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
beloved
Through David, from the Hebrew David, generally read as 'beloved' from dod. A connection to a Mari-period word for a chieftain has also been proposed. The beloved reading is standard and not fully proven. Davie is a Scottish and English affectionate form.
How the name formed
- dod
- David
- Davie
Related forms: Davie · Davey · דוד
Pronouncing Davie
DAY-vee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Davie and Davey are homophones.
Nicknames for Davie
Moderate
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
- 1892
- Most girls named
- 202568 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1136reached in 1894
- Change vs 2023
- +17.2%68 in 2025, from 58
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.
Davie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Davie in Scottish — same name
- Davey in English — spelling variant
- דוד in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, North Carolina.
Davies among us
people named Davie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 23,636 born in 2025 was named Davie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Davie 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 Davie is headed
Davie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 29% 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.
Davie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Davie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The beloved reading is warm and standard.
- David is available as a full formal version.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It reads as strongly masculine.
- The derivation is not fully proven.
- Davey and Davie are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Davies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Davie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Davie in 2025?
- Davie ranks #2564 among US girl names in 2025, with 68 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Davie?
- About 1 in every 23,636 US girls born in 2025 was named Davie — 68 in all.
- Will my child share the name Davie with classmates?
- Davie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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