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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #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 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedAKMaine: #45 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 155 boysMEVermont: #23 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 74 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedNHWashington: #40 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 141 boysWAIdaho: #16 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 54 boysIDMontana: #24 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 77 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 272 boysMNIllinois: #37 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 154 boysILWisconsin: #67 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 209 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 119 boysMINew York: #24 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 104 boysNYMassachusetts: #33 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 136 boysMARhode Island: #28 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 109 boysRIOregon: #31 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 108 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #38 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 103 boysSDIowa: #53 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 182 boysIAIndiana: #40 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 155 boysINOhio: #37 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 166 boysOHPennsylvania: #29 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 117 boysPANew Jersey: #28 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 120 boysNJConnecticut: #31 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 118 boysCTCalifornia: #39 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 154 boysCAUtah: #14 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 60 boysUTColorado: #30 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 109 boysCONebraska: #39 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 125 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 144 boysMOKentucky: #43 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 172 boysKYWest Virginia: #25 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 97 boysWVVirginia: #26 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 122 boysVAMaryland: #23 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 102 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedDEArizona: #30 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 76 boysAZNew Mexico: #24 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 85 boysNMKansas: #50 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 169 boysKSArkansas: #48 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 192 boysARTennessee: #31 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 144 boysTNNorth Carolina: #22 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 124 boysNCSouth Carolina: #11 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 74 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named David, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #40 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 157 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 149 boysLAMississippi: #31 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 141 boysMSAlabama: #18 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 98 boysALGeorgia: #28 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 147 boysGAHawaii: #13 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 35 boysHITexas: #27 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 141 boysTXFlorida: #16 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 74 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#11 · 1 in 74
  2. Hawaii#13 · 1 in 35
  3. Utah#14 · 1 in 60
  4. Idaho#16 · 1 in 54
  5. Florida#16 · 1 in 74

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#11781 in 74
Hawaii#1371 in 35
Utah#1491 in 60
Florida#16331 in 74
Idaho#1681 in 54
Alabama#18641 in 98
North Carolina#22571 in 124
Maryland#23261 in 102
Vermont#2371 in 74
Montana#2471 in 77
New Mexico#2481 in 85
New York#242281 in 104
West Virginia#25251 in 97
Virginia#26471 in 122
Texas#27651 in 141
Georgia#28611 in 147
New Jersey#28461 in 120
Rhode Island#28111 in 109
Pennsylvania#291551 in 117
Arizona#3061 in 76
Colorado#30121 in 109
Connecticut#31231 in 118
Mississippi#31401 in 141
Oregon#3171 in 108
Tennessee#31331 in 144
Michigan#32301 in 119
Louisiana#33291 in 149
Massachusetts#33681 in 136
Illinois#37591 in 154
Ohio#37471 in 166
South Dakota#3881 in 103
California#39221 in 154
Missouri#39371 in 144
Nebraska#39131 in 125
Indiana#40221 in 155
Oklahoma#40221 in 157
Washington#40101 in 141
Kentucky#43281 in 172
Maine#4591 in 155
Arkansas#48181 in 192
Kansas#50141 in 169
Iowa#53131 in 182
Wisconsin#67131 in 209
Minnesota#70101 in 272
Alaska———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
North Dakota———
Wyoming———

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 1911

girls
#1,656
9 births · 1 in 46,479 girls
boys
#27
1,556 births · 1 in 145 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #1,656David9

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #27David1,556
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 46,479 of them was named David, which outranked 42.3% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #1,545Wilmer10
  2. #1,545Wylma10
  3. #1,545Yola10
  4. #1,656David9
  5. #1,656Adelene9
  6. #1,656Adelyn9
  7. #1,656Adriana9
  8. #1,792Adel8
  9. #1,792Ailene8
  10. #1,792Albirta8

Tied with 135 names at #1,656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

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

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 145 of them was named David, which outranked 98.6% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside David
  1. #24Ralph1,674
  2. #25Jack1,668
  3. #26Carl1,574
  4. #27David1,556
  5. #28Howard1,467
  6. #29Joe1,449
  7. #30Samuel1,398
Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →