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“Variant of Davies — son of David (Welsh patronymic surname)” — Welsh, English origin
Boy's name · #668 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Davis reached its best rank, #338, in 1901 and ranked #668 in 2025. Roughly 32,000 boys have been named Davis since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. It is also an American family name — about 1.1 million people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.
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.
Among 203 notable people named Davis:
Sports figures appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dāvis Bertāns, Latvian basketball player (born 1992).
Similar names: Coleman · Davion · Houston · Ellis · Blaine · Donovan
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