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Davis

“Variant of Davies — son of David (Welsh patronymic surname)” — Welsh, English origin

Boy's name · #668 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Davis has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #334 (1901) · 32,076 babies named Davis all-time · 1 in 4,200 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,700 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 7,900 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 boys in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Davises

• Davis Cleveland — American actor
• Davis Kamoga — athletics competitor
• Davis Guggenheim — American filmmaker
• Davis Phinney — road bicycle racer
• Davis Love III — American professional golfer

In stories & tradition

• Davis Motomiya — Digimon Adventure 02
• Davis MacLean — Power Book II: Ghost
• Davis Bloome — Smallville

What Davises become

Among 180 notable people named Davis:

Athletes appear 2.31× more often than among typical names — e.g. Davis Kamoga, athletics competitor.

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