David Boy
How popular is David?
#35 boy name in 2025
6,794 baby boys were named David in the US in 2025, making it the 35th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
David popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #35 for boys (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,794 boys, 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #18 in 2015, #28 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1955 (86,306 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
David counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the David family of names ranked #41 for boys in 2025 (#36 the year before), with 6,806 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| David | 6,794 | 100% |
| Davide | 12 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where David is most popular
Babies named David per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 8.2 per 1,000 (125 boys)
- District of Columbia: 7.5 per 1,000 (111 boys)
- New York: 7.5 per 1,000 (3,235 boys)
- New Jersey: 6.6 per 1,000 (1,335 boys)
- Rhode Island: 6.3 per 1,000 (103 boys)
David by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,569 | #18 |
| 1890s | 7,333 | #24 |
| 1900s | 8,619 | #29 |
| 1910s | 43,853 | #27 |
| 1920s | 88,736 | #17 |
| 1930s | 164,701 | #7 |
| 1940s | 426,372 | #5 |
| 1950s | 769,963 | #2 |
| 1960s | 733,953 | #1 |
| 1970s | 445,704 | #3 |
| 1980s | 383,687 | #4 |
| 1990s | 253,711 | #6 |
| 2000s | 180,098 | #12 |
| 2010s | 116,740 | #15 |
| 2020s | 45,615 | #27 |
Boy names about as popular as David
Questions
- Is David a boy or girl name?
- David is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named David were boys.
- How popular is the name David?
- 6,794 baby boys were named David in the US in 2025, making it the 35th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
- When was David most popular?
- David peaked in 1955, when 86,306 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1 in 1960.
- How many people are named David?
- 3,689,613 babies have been named David in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,740,664 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is David most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, David was most common in Delaware, at 8.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.