David
Hebrew David, beloved. The shepherd who killed Goliath and became Israel's second king carries it, and Welsh and Scottish devotion kept it in constant use.
David in 2025
David was given to 6,801 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 51st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 487 babies born.
The history of David
David has been the single most popular name in the country once, and reached its highest point in 1955, when 86,454 babies were given the name.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 3,689,613 babies have been named David. Half of them were born before 1963, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Baby Boomers.
David by decade
| Decade | Babies named David | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,589 | 38 |
| 1890s | 7,361 | 91 |
| 1900s | 8,661 | 104 |
| 1910s | 44,080 | 64 |
| 1920s | 89,233 | 31 |
| 1930s | 165,376 | 10 |
| 1940s | 427,414 | 7 |
| 1950s | 771,543 | 2 |
| 1960s | 736,477 | 1 |
| 1970s | 448,198 | 3 |
| 1980s | 386,222 | 5 |
| 1990s | 254,460 | 10 |
| 2000s | 180,435 | 16 |
| 2010s | 116,900 | 23 |
| 2020s | 45,664 | 40 |
Where David is heading
David has fallen 43% over the past decade, from 11,857 babies in 2015 to 6,801 in 2025.
Names like David
Names that rose and fell at the same time as David.