Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

David

#6 most common boys' name of all time · #7 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#6
Rank overall
#7 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
3,689,613
Since 2016
85,912
Peak year
1955 #2
Best rank
#1 1960
Girls Boys peak 86,454/yr
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David is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 6,794 6,801 #35
2024 7 7,369 7,376 #31
2023 8 7,420 7,428 #27
2022 6 7,829 7,835 #31
2021 11 7,940 7,951 #30
2020 10 8,263 8,273 #28
2019 12 8,989 9,001 #27
2018 14 9,812 9,826 #22
2017 9 10,244 10,253 #22
2016 15 11,153 11,168 #19
2015 19 11,838 11,857 #18
2014 13 12,259 12,272 #17
2013 15 12,400 12,415 #17
2012 18 12,565 12,583 #20
2011 20 13,258 13,278 #18
2010 25 14,222 14,247 #15
2009 16 15,457 15,473 #14
2008 22 16,347 16,369 #14
2007 24 17,573 17,597 #12
2006 30 17,671 17,701 #13
2005 25 18,144 18,169 #12
2004 66 18,412 18,478 #14
2003 31 18,641 18,672 #14
2002 38 18,704 18,742 #13
2001 41 19,362 19,403 #12
2000 44 19,787 19,831 #16
1999 43 20,352 20,395 #16
1998 42 20,892 20,934 #13
1997 37 21,896 21,933 #14
1996 62 23,022 23,084 #13
1995 69 23,045 23,114 #16
1994 76 24,877 24,953 #13
1993 89 27,038 27,127 #11
1992 117 28,425 28,542 #10
1991 94 30,416 30,510 #8
1990 120 33,748 33,868 #6
1989 148 35,225 35,373 #5
1988 250 35,329 35,579 #6
1987 252 36,795 37,047 #5
1986 274 37,150 37,424 #5
1985 290 38,522 38,812 #6
1984 235 38,492 38,727 #5
1983 321 39,201 39,522 #4
1982 250 40,453 40,703 #5
1981 224 40,629 40,853 #5
1980 291 41,891 42,182 #4
1979 285 42,053 42,338 #4
1978 245 40,684 40,929 #4
1977 252 40,515 40,767 #4
1976 229 39,265 39,494 #4
1975 237 39,156 39,393 #5
1974 234 41,786 42,020 #4
1973 226 41,082 41,308 #5
1972 237 46,322 46,559 #4
1971 259 53,113 53,372 #3
1970 290 61,728 62,018 #3
1969 296 63,672 63,968 #2
1968 265 63,679 63,944 #2
1967 282 66,806 67,088 #2
1966 232 66,408 66,640 #2
1965 218 67,825 68,043 #3
1964 249 75,043 75,292 #3
1963 236 78,444 78,680 #3
1962 290 81,337 81,627 #2
1961 234 84,810 85,044 #2
1960 222 85,929 86,151 #1
1959 235 83,977 84,212 #2
1958 204 82,681 82,885 #2
1957 165 82,403 82,568 #3
1956 157 81,652 81,809 #4
1955 148 86,306 86,454 #2
1954 153 79,556 79,709 #5
1953 149 76,119 76,268 #5
1952 133 71,752 71,885 #5
1951 102 64,788 64,890 #5
1950 134 60,729 60,863 #5
1949 116 59,611 59,727 #6
1948 121 56,627 56,748 #5
1947 111 57,810 57,921 #6
1946 105 46,444 46,549 #6
1945 87 37,110 37,197 #6
1944 100 37,382 37,482 #6
1943 110 37,240 37,350 #6
1942 114 35,905 36,019 #6
1941 94 30,553 30,647 #7
1940 84 27,690 27,774 #7
1939 93 25,360 25,453 #7
1938 63 22,994 23,057 #8
1937 70 20,981 21,051 #8
1936 52 17,476 17,528 #10
1935 60 15,663 15,723 #11
1934 75 14,003 14,078 #12
1933 64 12,026 12,090 #13
1932 56 12,139 12,195 #12
1931 56 11,784 11,840 #13
1930 86 12,275 12,361 #15
1929 73 11,302 11,375 #17
1928 68 9,990 10,058 #19
1927 60 9,426 9,486 #21
1926 56 9,041 9,097 #22
1925 40 8,915 8,955 #22
1924 51 8,758 8,809 #24
1923 43 8,230 8,273 #24
1922 31 7,865 7,896 #24
1921 42 7,765 7,807 #25
1920 33 7,444 7,477 #25
1919 32 6,716 6,748 #27
1918 37 6,627 6,664 #28
1917 34 6,099 6,133 #28
1916 25 5,812 5,837 #28
1915 31 5,394 5,425 #31
1914 21 4,251 4,272 #29
1913 13 3,282 3,295 #29
1912 16 2,858 2,874 #29
1911 9 1,556 1,565 #27
1910 9 1,258 1,267 #30
1909 7 1,094 1,101 #29
1908 1,015 1,015 #30
1907 11 945 956 #31
1906 8 878 886 #31
1905 7 838 845 #32
1904 817 817 #31
1903 716 716 #33
1902 761 761 #30
1901 672 672 #30
1900 9 883 892 #32
1899 646 646 #32
1898 5 815 820 #30
1897 730 730 #29
1896 7 765 772 #28
1895 5 707 712 #32
1894 729 729 #29
1893 6 724 730 #27
1892 5 813 818 #24
1891 673 673 #26
1890 731 731 #26
1889 757 757 #22
1888 801 801 #21
1887 9 673 682 #22
1886 674 674 #24
1885 5 712 717 #22
1884 761 761 #21
1883 6 734 740 #20
1882 838 838 #19
1881 750 750 #18
1880 869 869 #18