David

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #35 for boys in 2025, 6,794 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1
1960 · 85,929 births
Debut · boys
1880
869 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,676,654
since 1880

David over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #1, 1960boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#356,794
2024#12,1617#317,369
2023#11,1698#277,420
2022#13,5926#317,829
2021#8,97811#307,940
2020#9,54610#288,263
2019#8,59712#278,989
2018#7,76214#229,812
2017#10,6899#2210,244
2016#7,60215#1911,153
2015#6,45219#1811,838
2014#8,48513#1712,259
2013#7,74815#1712,400
2012#6,87218#2012,565
2011#6,33520#1813,258
2010#5,41425#1514,222
2009#7,67916#1415,457
2008#6,13022#1416,347
2007#5,70924#1217,573
2006#4,68530#1317,671
2005#5,11325#1218,144
2004#2,52666#1418,412
2003#4,22031#1418,641
2002#3,52338#1318,704
2001#3,31641#1219,362
2000#3,12144#1619,787
1999#3,04843#1620,352
1998#3,01542#1320,892
1997#3,16137#1421,896
1996#2,17762#1323,022
1995#1,98269#1623,045
1994#1,86276#1324,877
1993#1,67989#1127,038
1992#1,402117#1028,425
1991#1,60994#830,416
1990#1,334120#633,748
1989#1,118148#535,225
1988#751250#635,329
1987#718252#536,795
1986#668274#537,150
1985#640290#638,522
1984#705235#538,492
1983#567321#439,201
1982#703250#540,453
1981#735224#540,629
1980#626291#441,891
1979#619285#442,053
1978#655245#440,684
1977#647252#440,515
1976#669229#439,265
1975#645237#539,156
1974#649234#441,786
1973#658226#541,082
1972#642237#446,322
1971#639259#353,113
1970#600290#361,728
1969#572296#263,672
1968#589265#263,679
1967#561282#266,806
1966#626232#266,408
1965#667218#367,825
1964#647249#375,043
1963#657236#378,444
1962#579290#281,337
1961#677234#284,810
1960#684222#185,929
1959#653235#283,977
1958#694204#282,681
1957#782165#382,403
1956#789157#481,652
1955#788148#286,306
1954#748153#579,556
1953#748149#576,119
1952#775133#571,752
1951#902102#564,788
1950#742134#560,729
1949#807116#659,611
1948#782121#556,627
1947#833111#657,810
1946#805105#646,444
1945#81087#637,110
1944#762100#637,382
1943#736110#637,240
1942#697114#635,905
1941#72894#730,553
1940#76284#727,690
1939#70593#725,360
1938#89063#822,994
1937#81970#820,981
1936#95152#1017,476
1935#89260#1115,663
1934#77475#1214,003
1933#83464#1312,026
1932#94056#1212,139
1931#92656#1311,784
1930#75586#1512,275
1929#82873#1711,302
1928#88868#199,990
1927#98260#219,426
1926#99756#229,041
1925#1,22540#228,915
1924#1,09651#248,758
1923#1,17443#248,230
1922#1,46431#247,865
1921#1,18442#257,765
1920#1,37533#257,444
1919#1,36932#276,716
1918#1,23437#286,627
1917#1,24134#286,099
1916#1,48525#285,812
1915#1,25831#315,394
1914#1,38521#294,251
1913#1,67013#293,282
1912#1,35216#292,858
1911#1,6569#271,556
1910#1,6349#301,258
1909#1,7637#291,094
1908—#301,015
1907#1,20611#31945
1906#1,4168#31878
1905#1,5387#32838
1904—#31817
1903—#33716
1902—#30761
1901—#30672
1900#1,3199#32883
1899—#32646
1898#1,7005#30815
1897—#29730
1896#1,2927#28765
1895#1,5925#32707
1894—#29729
1893#1,2776#27724
1892#1,4505#24813
1891—#26673
1890—#26731
1889—#22757
1888—#21801
1887#7889#22673
1886—#24674
1885#1,0475#22712
1884—#21761
1883#8176#20734
1882—#19838
1881—#18750
1880—#18869
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, David was already there! It came in at #18, and was given to 869 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1907, when fewer than 950 boys a year got the name.

Where David is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35 boysAKMaine: #80 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 348 boysMEVermont: #52 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 197 boysVTNew Hampshire: #41 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 137 boysNHWashington: #28 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 110 boysWAIdaho: #48 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 168 boysIDMontana: #30 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 120 boysMTNorth Dakota: #64 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 246 boysNDMinnesota: #55 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 216 boysMNIllinois: #49 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 229 boysILWisconsin: #68 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 261 boysWIMichigan: #56 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 244 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 687 births · 1 in 114 boysNYMassachusetts: #31 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 137 boysMARhode Island: #35 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 131 boysRIOregon: #35 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 143 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedNVWyoming: #23 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 77 boysWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 183 boysSDIowa: #72 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 273 boysIAIndiana: #39 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 177 boysINOhio: #32 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 150 boysOHPennsylvania: #29 for boys · 571 births · 1 in 127 boysPANew Jersey: #37 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 156 boysNJConnecticut: #38 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 142 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 132 boysCAUtah: #15 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 76 boysUTColorado: #29 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 126 boysCONebraska: #67 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 246 boysNEMissouri: #40 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 168 boysMOKentucky: #46 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 189 boysKYWest Virginia: #45 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 202 boysWVVirginia: #23 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 120 boysVAMaryland: #27 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 141 boysMDDelaware: #40 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 158 boysDEArizona: #22 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 89 boysAZNew Mexico: #18 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 88 boysNMKansas: #51 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 176 boysKSArkansas: #40 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 181 boysARTennessee: #21 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 118 boysTNNorth Carolina: #16 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 94 boysNCSouth Carolina: #14 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 83 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #45 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 194 boysDCOklahoma: #44 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 178 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 171 boysLAMississippi: #25 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 146 boysMSAlabama: #20 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 125 boysALGeorgia: #24 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 140 boysGAHawaii: #11 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 49 boysHITexas: #26 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 157 boysTXFlorida: #15 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 92 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#11 · 1 in 49
  2. South Carolina#14 · 1 in 83
  3. Utah#15 · 1 in 76
  4. Florida#15 · 1 in 92
  5. Alaska#16 · 1 in 35

Best ever in a state: #1 in Utah, 1942.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#11341 in 49
South Carolina#141821 in 83
Florida#15811 in 92
Utah#15481 in 76
Alaska#1651 in 35
North Carolina#162531 in 94
New Mexico#18311 in 88
Alabama#201571 in 125
Tennessee#211491 in 118
Arizona#22231 in 89
Virginia#231501 in 120
Wyoming#23121 in 77
Georgia#241761 in 140
Mississippi#251031 in 146
New York#256871 in 114
Texas#262361 in 157
Maryland#27691 in 141
Washington#28671 in 110
California#291301 in 132
Colorado#29451 in 126
Pennsylvania#295711 in 127
Montana#30341 in 120
Massachusetts#312031 in 137
Ohio#322631 in 150
Louisiana#33821 in 171
Oregon#35301 in 143
Rhode Island#35291 in 131
New Jersey#371471 in 156
Connecticut#38711 in 142
Indiana#391131 in 177
Arkansas#40721 in 181
Delaware#4081 in 158
Missouri#401411 in 168
New Hampshire#41191 in 137
Oklahoma#44851 in 178
District of Columbia#4591 in 194
West Virginia#45551 in 202
Kentucky#46991 in 189
Idaho#48181 in 168
Illinois#492081 in 229
Kansas#51711 in 176
Vermont#52101 in 197
Minnesota#55801 in 216
Michigan#56991 in 244
South Dakota#59251 in 183
North Dakota#64241 in 246
Nebraska#67401 in 246
Wisconsin#68731 in 261
Iowa#72621 in 273
Maine#80141 in 348
Nevada———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about David
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#31 → #35)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#28 → #35)
  • 17 spots since 2015 (#18 → #35)
  • Biggest jump: 4 spots in 1896 (#32 → #28)
  • Biggest drop: 5 spots in 2019 (#22 → #27)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #1 (85,929 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: 57 yrs · run 1936–1992
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24
  • Highest: 1 in 24 boys born in 1955 were named David (4.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 251 boys born in 2025 (0.40%)
  • Its best rank, #1 in 1960, was only 1 in 25 (4.0%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.9% of all boys named David (769,963) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,569#18 (1880)#21
1890s7,333#24 (1892)#28
1900s8,619#29 (1909)#31
1910s43,853#27 (1919)#29
1920s88,736#17 (1929)#22
1930s164,701#7 (1939)#11
1940s426,372#5 (1948)#6
1950s769,963#2 (1955)#4
1960s733,953#1 (1960)#2
1970s445,704#3 (1970)#4
1980s383,687#4 (1980)#5
1990s253,711#6 (1990)#12
2000s180,098#12 (2001)#13
2010s116,740#15 (2010)#20
2020s45,615#27 (2023)#30

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

David in 1915

girls
#1,258
31 births · 1 in 31,737 girls
boys
#31
5,394 births · 1 in 157 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #1,258David31

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #31David5,394
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 31,737 of them was named David, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #1,231Vienna32
  2. #1,231Yola32
  3. #1,231Zelpha32
  4. #1,258David31
  5. #1,258Allean31
  6. #1,258Arla31
  7. #1,258Arvella31
  8. #1,285Aimee30
  9. #1,285America30
  10. #1,285Aretha30

Tied with 26 names at #1,258; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 157 of them was named David, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #28Kenneth5,681
  2. #29Francis5,594
  3. #30Willie5,434
  4. #31David5,394
  5. #32Roy5,052
  6. #33Earl4,908
  7. #34Stanley4,807
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 691Eston#1,687 → #996
  2. ↑ 565Estill#1,545 → #980
  3. ↑ 545Garth#1,260 → #715
  4. ↑ 474Hiroshi#1,342 → #868
  5. ↑ 439Domingo#1,101 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Gilmore#986 → #1,660
  2. ↓ 667Barnett#933 → #1,600
  3. ↓ 526Rose#884 → #1,410
  4. ↓ 517Toivo#855 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 461Sampson#949 → #1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915 →