Davy

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A few things about Davy you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Davy

Davy Klaassen

Dutch association football player (born 1993)

Choose Davy and your child shares a first name with Davy Klaassen, a Dutch association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Davy, like who?” Davy Klaassen's Wikipedia article is available in 46 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Carlo Bruil Fotografie, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 80,645 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Davy, 20 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Davy would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryDavy first shows up in US birth records in 1917, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 108 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2021, when it reached #4,167.
• 🚀TrendDavy has climbed 1,006 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #5,917. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• ⚖️Boy or girlDavy is given to both boys and girls: 51% of the 39 babies named Davy in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningDavy is an English form of David, which means “beloved”.

About the name Davy

Davy is a girl name of Scottish origin meaning “beloved”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with D and ending in “-avy”. US birth records list Davy for girls from 1982 to 2025, in 30 of those 44 years. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked #4,167 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #5,917, with 20 babies.

Origin:Scottish names