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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #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 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #13 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 32 boysAKMaine: #41 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 158 boysMEVermont: #74 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 333 boysVTNew Hampshire: #42 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 136 boysNHWashington: #28 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 114 boysWAIdaho: #27 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 111 boysIDMontana: #32 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 126 boysMTNorth Dakota: #65 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 236 boysNDMinnesota: #53 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 201 boysMNIllinois: #39 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 174 boysILWisconsin: #57 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 200 boysWIMichigan: #46 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 182 boysMINew York: #29 for boys · 718 births · 1 in 118 boysNYMassachusetts: #32 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 141 boysMARhode Island: #38 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 157 boysRIOregon: #25 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 95 boysORNevada: #27 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 72 boysNVWyoming: #36 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 134 boysWYSouth Dakota: #70 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 267 boysSDIowa: #53 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 201 boysIAIndiana: #37 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 170 boysINOhio: #29 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 144 boysOHPennsylvania: #30 for boys · 573 births · 1 in 135 boysPANew Jersey: #27 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 135 boysNJConnecticut: #30 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 141 boysCTCalifornia: #26 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 122 boysCAUtah: #28 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 109 boysUTColorado: #28 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 120 boysCONebraska: #55 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 193 boysNEMissouri: #43 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 172 boysMOKentucky: #38 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 172 boysKYWest Virginia: #31 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 140 boysWVVirginia: #29 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 141 boysVAMaryland: #35 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 154 boysMDDelaware: #25 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 96 boysDEArizona: #32 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 128 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 104 boysNMKansas: #48 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 171 boysKSArkansas: #39 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 173 boysARTennessee: #33 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 163 boysTNNorth Carolina: #16 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 94 boysNCSouth Carolina: #13 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 82 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #30 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 128 boysDCOklahoma: #44 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 177 boysOKLouisiana: #26 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 138 boysLAMississippi: #20 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 117 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 142 boysALGeorgia: #23 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 136 boysGAHawaii: #14 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 63 boysHITexas: #22 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 141 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 84 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#13 · 1 in 32
  2. South Carolina#13 · 1 in 82
  3. Hawaii#14 · 1 in 63
  4. Florida#14 · 1 in 84
  5. North Carolina#16 · 1 in 94

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#1351 in 32
South Carolina#132071 in 82
Florida#14931 in 84
Hawaii#14331 in 63
North Carolina#162821 in 94
Mississippi#201371 in 117
Alabama#211431 in 142
Texas#222821 in 141
Georgia#231931 in 136
New Mexico#23291 in 104
Delaware#25151 in 96
Oregon#25481 in 95
California#261561 in 122
Louisiana#261101 in 138
Idaho#27311 in 111
Nevada#2751 in 72
New Jersey#271931 in 135
Colorado#28561 in 120
Utah#28371 in 109
Washington#28671 in 114
New York#297181 in 118
Ohio#293021 in 144
Virginia#291401 in 141
Connecticut#30901 in 141
District of Columbia#30171 in 128
Pennsylvania#305731 in 135
West Virginia#31861 in 140
Arizona#32211 in 128
Massachusetts#322151 in 141
Montana#32431 in 126
Tennessee#331221 in 163
Maryland#35691 in 154
Wyoming#3691 in 134
Indiana#371241 in 170
Kentucky#381161 in 172
Rhode Island#38281 in 157
Arkansas#39861 in 173
Illinois#392881 in 174
Maine#41331 in 158
New Hampshire#42201 in 136
Missouri#431421 in 172
Oklahoma#44941 in 177
Michigan#461611 in 182
Kansas#48801 in 171
Iowa#53921 in 201
Minnesota#53941 in 201
Nebraska#55561 in 193
Wisconsin#571041 in 200
North Dakota#65281 in 236
South Dakota#70201 in 267
Vermont#7461 in 333

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 1917

girls
#1,241
34 births · 1 in 31,802 girls
boys
#28
6,099 births · 1 in 152 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #1,241David34

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #28David6,099
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 31,802 of them was named David, which outranked 76.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #1,219Rochelle35
  2. #1,219Selena35
  3. #1,219Zelpha35
  4. #1,241David34
  5. #1,241Armella34
  6. #1,241Buena34
  7. #1,241Ceola34
  8. #1,261Alvira33
  9. #1,261Antonina33
  10. #1,261Aretha33

Tied with 19 names at #1,241; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 152 of them was named David, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #25Clarence6,587
  2. #26Howard6,410
  3. #27Kenneth6,141
  4. #28David6,099
  5. #29Fred5,986
  6. #30Francis5,801
  7. #31Willie5,751
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917 →