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
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 85,929 births
- Debut · boys
- 869 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 146 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,676,654since 1880
David over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #35 | 6,794 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #31 | 7,369 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #27 | 7,420 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #31 | 7,829 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #30 | 7,940 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #28 | 8,263 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #27 | 8,989 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #22 | 9,812 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #22 | 10,244 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #19 | 11,153 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #18 | 11,838 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #17 | 12,259 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #17 | 12,400 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #20 | 12,565 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | #18 | 13,258 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #15 | 14,222 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #14 | 15,457 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #14 | 16,347 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | #12 | 17,573 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | #13 | 17,671 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | #12 | 18,144 |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | #14 | 18,412 |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 | #14 | 18,641 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | #13 | 18,704 |
| 2001 | #3,316 | 41 | #12 | 19,362 |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 | #16 | 19,787 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | #16 | 20,352 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | #13 | 20,892 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | #14 | 21,896 |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | #13 | 23,022 |
| 1995 | #1,982 | 69 | #16 | 23,045 |
| 1994 | #1,862 | 76 | #13 | 24,877 |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | #11 | 27,038 |
| 1992 | #1,402 | 117 | #10 | 28,425 |
| 1991 | #1,609 | 94 | #8 | 30,416 |
| 1990 | #1,334 | 120 | #6 | 33,748 |
| 1989 | #1,118 | 148 | #5 | 35,225 |
| 1988 | #751 | 250 | #6 | 35,329 |
| 1987 | #718 | 252 | #5 | 36,795 |
| 1986 | #668 | 274 | #5 | 37,150 |
| 1985 | #640 | 290 | #6 | 38,522 |
| 1984 | #705 | 235 | #5 | 38,492 |
| 1983 | #567 | 321 | #4 | 39,201 |
| 1982 | #703 | 250 | #5 | 40,453 |
| 1981 | #735 | 224 | #5 | 40,629 |
| 1980 | #626 | 291 | #4 | 41,891 |
| 1979 | #619 | 285 | #4 | 42,053 |
| 1978 | #655 | 245 | #4 | 40,684 |
| 1977 | #647 | 252 | #4 | 40,515 |
| 1976 | #669 | 229 | #4 | 39,265 |
| 1975 | #645 | 237 | #5 | 39,156 |
| 1974 | #649 | 234 | #4 | 41,786 |
| 1973 | #658 | 226 | #5 | 41,082 |
| 1972 | #642 | 237 | #4 | 46,322 |
| 1971 | #639 | 259 | #3 | 53,113 |
| 1970 | #600 | 290 | #3 | 61,728 |
| 1969 | #572 | 296 | #2 | 63,672 |
| 1968 | #589 | 265 | #2 | 63,679 |
| 1967 | #561 | 282 | #2 | 66,806 |
| 1966 | #626 | 232 | #2 | 66,408 |
| 1965 | #667 | 218 | #3 | 67,825 |
| 1964 | #647 | 249 | #3 | 75,043 |
| 1963 | #657 | 236 | #3 | 78,444 |
| 1962 | #579 | 290 | #2 | 81,337 |
| 1961 | #677 | 234 | #2 | 84,810 |
| 1960 | #684 | 222 | #1 | 85,929 |
| 1959 | #653 | 235 | #2 | 83,977 |
| 1958 | #694 | 204 | #2 | 82,681 |
| 1957 | #782 | 165 | #3 | 82,403 |
| 1956 | #789 | 157 | #4 | 81,652 |
| 1955 | #788 | 148 | #2 | 86,306 |
| 1954 | #748 | 153 | #5 | 79,556 |
| 1953 | #748 | 149 | #5 | 76,119 |
| 1952 | #775 | 133 | #5 | 71,752 |
| 1951 | #902 | 102 | #5 | 64,788 |
| 1950 | #742 | 134 | #5 | 60,729 |
| 1949 | #807 | 116 | #6 | 59,611 |
| 1948 | #782 | 121 | #5 | 56,627 |
| 1947 | #833 | 111 | #6 | 57,810 |
| 1946 | #805 | 105 | #6 | 46,444 |
| 1945 | #810 | 87 | #6 | 37,110 |
| 1944 | #762 | 100 | #6 | 37,382 |
| 1943 | #736 | 110 | #6 | 37,240 |
| 1942 | #697 | 114 | #6 | 35,905 |
| 1941 | #728 | 94 | #7 | 30,553 |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 | #7 | 27,690 |
| 1939 | #705 | 93 | #7 | 25,360 |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 | #8 | 22,994 |
| 1937 | #819 | 70 | #8 | 20,981 |
| 1936 | #951 | 52 | #10 | 17,476 |
| 1935 | #892 | 60 | #11 | 15,663 |
| 1934 | #774 | 75 | #12 | 14,003 |
| 1933 | #834 | 64 | #13 | 12,026 |
| 1932 | #940 | 56 | #12 | 12,139 |
| 1931 | #926 | 56 | #13 | 11,784 |
| 1930 | #755 | 86 | #15 | 12,275 |
| 1929 | #828 | 73 | #17 | 11,302 |
| 1928 | #888 | 68 | #19 | 9,990 |
| 1927 | #982 | 60 | #21 | 9,426 |
| 1926 | #997 | 56 | #22 | 9,041 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 | #22 | 8,915 |
| 1924 | #1,096 | 51 | #24 | 8,758 |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 | #24 | 8,230 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | #24 | 7,865 |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 | #25 | 7,765 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | #25 | 7,444 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 | #27 | 6,716 |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 | #28 | 6,627 |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 | #28 | 6,099 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 | #28 | 5,812 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | #31 | 5,394 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | #29 | 4,251 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | #29 | 3,282 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | #29 | 2,858 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | #27 | 1,556 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #30 | 1,258 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #29 | 1,094 |
| 1908 | — | #30 | 1,015 | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #31 | 945 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #31 | 878 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #32 | 838 |
| 1904 | — | #31 | 817 | |
| 1903 | — | #33 | 716 | |
| 1902 | — | #30 | 761 | |
| 1901 | — | #30 | 672 | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #32 | 883 |
| 1899 | — | #32 | 646 | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #30 | 815 |
| 1897 | — | #29 | 730 | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | #28 | 765 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #32 | 707 |
| 1894 | — | #29 | 729 | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | #27 | 724 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #24 | 813 |
| 1891 | — | #26 | 673 | |
| 1890 | — | #26 | 731 | |
| 1889 | — | #22 | 757 | |
| 1888 | — | #21 | 801 | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | #22 | 673 |
| 1886 | — | #24 | 674 | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #22 | 712 |
| 1884 | — | #21 | 761 | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #20 | 734 |
| 1882 | — | #19 | 838 | |
| 1881 | — | #18 | 750 | |
| 1880 | — | #18 | 869 | |
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.
See more about David
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #1 (85,929 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: 57 yrs · run 1936–1992
- Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 20.9% of all boys named David (769,963) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,569 | #18 (1880) | #21 |
| 1890s | 7,333 | #24 (1892) | #28 |
| 1900s | 8,619 | #29 (1909) | #31 |
| 1910s | 43,853 | #27 (1919) | #29 |
| 1920s | 88,736 | #17 (1929) | #22 |
| 1930s | 164,701 | #7 (1939) | #11 |
| 1940s | 426,372 | #5 (1948) | #6 |
| 1950s | 769,963 | #2 (1955) | #4 |
| 1960s | 733,953 | #1 (1960) | #2 |
| 1970s | 445,704 | #3 (1970) | #4 |
| 1980s | 383,687 | #4 (1980) | #5 |
| 1990s | 253,711 | #6 (1990) | #12 |
| 2000s | 180,098 | #12 (2001) | #13 |
| 2010s | 116,740 | #15 (2010) | #20 |
| 2020s | 45,615 | #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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 28,274 of them was named David, which outranked 86.3% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,151Nechama63
- #2,151Riana63
- #2,151Taisha63
- #2,177David62
- #2,177Aime62
- #2,177Caprice62
- #2,177Charis62
- #2,207Abbigale61
- #2,207Alexzandra61
- #2,207Amal61
Tied with 29 names at #2,177; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 82 of them was named David, which outranked 99.9% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.