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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #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 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedAKMaine: #46 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 174 boysMEVermont: #39 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 139 boysVTNew Hampshire: #47 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 178 boysNHWashington: #18 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 93 boysWAIdaho: #18 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 93 boysIDMontana: #35 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 171 boysMTNorth Dakota: #53 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 179 boysNDMinnesota: #49 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 172 boysMNIllinois: #40 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 187 boysILWisconsin: #60 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 211 boysWIMichigan: #44 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 179 boysMINew York: #30 for boys · 747 births · 1 in 124 boysNYMassachusetts: #24 for boys · 309 births · 1 in 111 boysMARhode Island: #39 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 159 boysRIOregon: #23 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 104 boysORNevada: #16 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 45 boysNVWyoming: #25 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 105 boysWYSouth Dakota: #63 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 213 boysSDIowa: #52 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 210 boysIAIndiana: #28 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 139 boysINOhio: #30 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 142 boysOHPennsylvania: #23 for boys · 760 births · 1 in 117 boysPANew Jersey: #38 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 164 boysNJConnecticut: #29 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 123 boysCTCalifornia: #24 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 106 boysCAUtah: #30 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 125 boysUTColorado: #30 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 135 boysCONebraska: #55 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 209 boysNEMissouri: #35 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 151 boysMOKentucky: #36 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 167 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 135 boysWVVirginia: #25 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 126 boysVAMaryland: #29 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 138 boysMDDelaware: #31 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 138 boysDEArizona: #14 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 77 boysAZNew Mexico: #24 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 103 boysNMKansas: #43 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 171 boysKSArkansas: #29 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 140 boysARTennessee: #29 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 136 boysTNNorth Carolina: #14 for boys · 384 births · 1 in 87 boysNCSouth Carolina: #11 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 67 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #16 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 70 boysDCOklahoma: #39 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 161 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 151 boysLAMississippi: #21 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 112 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 129 boysALGeorgia: #19 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 123 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 67 boysHITexas: #22 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 140 boysTXFlorida: #24 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 108 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#11 · 1 in 67
  2. Arizona#14 · 1 in 77
  3. North Carolina#14 · 1 in 87
  4. Hawaii#15 · 1 in 67
  5. Nevada#16 · 1 in 45

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#113031 in 67
Arizona#14441 in 77
North Carolina#143841 in 87
Hawaii#15381 in 67
District of Columbia#16441 in 70
Nevada#1671 in 45
Idaho#18451 in 93
Washington#181091 in 93
Georgia#192531 in 123
Alabama#212021 in 129
Mississippi#211661 in 112
Texas#223751 in 140
Oregon#23581 in 104
Pennsylvania#237601 in 117
California#242701 in 106
Florida#24931 in 108
Massachusetts#243091 in 111
New Mexico#24371 in 103
Virginia#251951 in 126
Wyoming#25161 in 105
Indiana#281851 in 139
Arkansas#291281 in 140
Connecticut#291041 in 123
Maryland#29971 in 138
Tennessee#291821 in 136
West Virginia#291251 in 135
Colorado#30651 in 135
New York#307471 in 124
Ohio#303661 in 142
Utah#30401 in 125
Delaware#31121 in 138
Louisiana#331261 in 151
Missouri#351951 in 151
Montana#35271 in 171
Kentucky#361581 in 167
New Jersey#381811 in 164
Oklahoma#391431 in 161
Rhode Island#39341 in 159
Vermont#39181 in 139
Illinois#403011 in 187
Kansas#43961 in 171
Michigan#441981 in 179
Maine#46361 in 174
New Hampshire#47191 in 178
Minnesota#491281 in 172
Iowa#521041 in 210
North Dakota#53371 in 179
Nebraska#55591 in 209
Wisconsin#601141 in 211
South Dakota#63301 in 213
Alaska———

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 1921

girls
#1,184
42 births · 1 in 29,359 girls
boys
#25
7,765 births · 1 in 142 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #1,184David42

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #25David7,765
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 29,359 of them was named David, which outranked 79.8% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #1,168Shizuko43
  2. #1,168Trudie43
  3. #1,168Veva43
  4. #1,184David42
  5. #1,184Ailene42
  6. #1,184Aleene42
  7. #1,184Ardath42
  8. #1,205Allean41
  9. #1,205Alleen41
  10. #1,205Cleopatra41

Tied with 20 names at #1,184; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

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

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 142 of them was named David, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #22Kenneth8,959
  2. #23Ralph8,860
  3. #24Warren7,798
  4. #25David7,765
  5. #26Eugene7,717
  6. #27Howard7,713
  7. #28Clarence7,332
Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921 →