Davidson
Davidson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200938 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1924
- 1,117people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,117 boys have been named Davidson in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 38 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 26%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Davidson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 8 | |
| 1950s | 12 | |
| 1960s | 13 | |
| 1970s | 60 | |
| 1980s | 137 | |
| 1990s | 200 | |
| 2000s | 272 | |
| 2010s | 286 | |
| 2020s | 118 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Davidson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Davidson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Saeedpeak 2011
- Nabilpeak 2015
- Sionepeak 2017
- Adelpeak 2007
- Vikrampeak 2000
- Nasserpeak 2014
- Alexandrospeak 2007
- Ahmadpeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.