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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |