NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

David Boys

The U.S. popularity history of David: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 3,676,654 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
3,676,654
Peak year
1955 #2
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-22.9%

In the 1950s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
201113,258#18
201212,565#20
201312,400#17
201412,259#17
201511,838#18
201611,153#19
201710,244#22
20189,812#22
20198,989#27
20208,263#28
20217,940#30
20227,829#31
20237,420#27
20247,369#31
20256,794#35

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1955

CA
7,382
NY
6,209
PA
5,951
OH
5,494
IL
4,744
TX
4,635

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