Trend of the Popularity of David as a Male Baby Name in the US

Updated on December 3, 2025.

Data Source: Social Security Administration (SSA).

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In 2024, there were 7,317 male babies that were named David in the US, which was 0.43% of the total number of male babies born in the US in 2024. Between 1980 and 2024, the name David peaked as a male baby name in the US in 1980 with a count of 41,890 babies, which was 2.35% of the total male babies born in the US in 1980.

The first chart below show the trend of the number of male babies in the US that were named David, and the second chart shows the percent of male babies in the US that were named David.

Trend of the Number of Male Babies who were Named David in the US

Trend of the Percentage of Male Babies who were Named David in the US

The table below below shows the trend of the number of male babies and the percentage of male babies born in the US who were named David from 1980 to 2024.

Trend of the Popularity of David as a Male Baby Name in the us

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Year	Number of Male Babies	Percent of Total Male Babies (%)
1980	41890	2.35
1981	40633	2.27
1982	40456	2.23
1983	39206	2.19
1984	38492	2.13
1985	38527	2.08
1986	37149	2.02
1987	36796	1.97
1988	35330	1.85
1989	35223	1.76
1990	33747	1.64
1991	30417	1.51
1992	28425	1.42
1993	27039	1.38
1994	24874	1.29
1995	23046	1.21
1996	23024	1.22
1997	21896	1.16
1998	20892	1.09
1999	20352	1.06
2000	19787	1.01
2001	19362	1.00
2002	18704	0.96
2003	18640	0.94
2004	18407	0.93
2005	18141	0.91
2006	17667	0.86
2007	17563	0.85
2008	16346	0.80
2009	15455	0.78
2010	14223	0.74
2011	13254	0.70
2012	12558	0.66
2013	12396	0.66
2014	12253	0.64
2015	11836	0.62
2016	11148	0.59
2017	10241	0.55
2018	9811	0.54
2019	8984	0.50
2020	8259	0.48
2021	7925	0.45
2022	7820	0.45
2023	7413	0.43
2024	7317	0.43