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.

Dawud

#4,722 most common boys' name of all time · #11,641 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#4,722
Rank overall
#11,641 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,030
Since 2016
315
Peak year
2023 #2,782
Best rank
#1,473 1977
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
198020002020

Dawud first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 38 38 #3,153
2024 — 44 44 #2,888
2023 — 46 46 #2,782
2022 — 33 33 #3,494
2021 — 22 22 #4,531
2020 — 33 33 #3,370
2019 — 24 24 #4,261
2018 — 29 29 #3,738
2017 — 21 21 #4,644
2016 — 25 25 #4,132
2015 — 30 30 #3,625
2014 — 21 21 #4,604
2013 — 17 17 #5,242
2012 — 25 25 #4,051
2011 — 22 22 #4,407
2010 — 17 17 #5,335
2009 — 13 13 #6,534
2008 — 13 13 #6,507
2007 — 14 14 #6,021
2006 — 10 10 #7,594
2005 — 13 13 #6,009
2004 — 16 16 #5,106
2003 — 11 11 #6,399
2002 — 11 11 #6,241
2001 — 12 12 #5,799
2000 — 12 12 #5,708
1999 — 14 14 #4,880
1998 — 13 13 #4,985
1997 — 17 17 #3,958
1996 — 11 11 #5,339
1995 — 14 14 #4,393
1994 — 6 6 #8,119
1993 — 11 11 #5,173
1992 — 6 6 #7,812
1991 — 12 12 #4,624
1990 — 8 8 #6,096
1989 — 8 8 #5,926
1988 — 10 10 #4,624
1987 — 12 12 #3,872
1986 — 11 11 #4,038
1985 — 10 10 #4,220
1984 — 8 8 #4,797
1983 — 13 13 #3,364
1982 — 20 20 #2,502
1981 — 29 29 #1,929
1980 — 25 25 #2,152
1979 — 28 28 #1,938
1978 — 35 35 #1,615
1977 — 40 40 #1,473
1976 — 21 21 #2,236
1975 — 19 19 #2,353
1974 — 25 25 #1,883
1973 — 6 6 #4,954
1972 — 12 12 #2,982
1971 — 8 8 #3,931
1970 — 6 6 #4,667