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Biblical Name For The 2nd King Of Israel, Who Slew Goliath The Giant. .
Related to David's star, main symbol of Judaism..
David Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.65%
Male
0.35%
Female
David is predominantly a boys name, with 0.35% of Davids being girls, and 99.65% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 3645144 males named David, and 12940 females given the name
Popularity of David by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named David in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
David: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named David' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name David in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. David's average ranking is 364.49, with it's highest ever rank being #. David has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 54 times, and has reached the top hundred names 141 times.
David has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 3658084 boys given the name in the past 200 years. David gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1947, when it's usage went up by 111.16%. During this year, 57801 babies were named David, which was 1.6504% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 2.183%, in this year alone more than 86000 boys were named David.
Popular 'D' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'D'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with D. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'D' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
Name | 'D-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
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Daniel | 1. | 19. | 12839 | 0.355% |
David | 2. | 26. | 11028 | 0.305% |
Dylan | 3. | 43. | 9657 | 0.267% |
Dominic | 4. | 107. | 5394 | 0.149% |
Declan | 5. | 187. | 3596 | 0.099% |
Damian | 6. | 209. | 3328 | 0.092% |
Diego | 7. | 220. | 3186 | 0.088% |
Dean | 8. | 363. | 1953 | 0.054% |
Dawson | 9. | 399. | 1778 | 0.049% |
Derek | 10. | 416. | 1702 | 0.047% |
Damien | 11. | 522. | 1292 | 0.036% |
Dallas | 12. | 554. | 1218 | 0.034% |
Devin | 13. | 569. | 1164 | 0.032% |
Donovan | 14. | 579. | 1148 | 0.032% |
Dalton | 15. | 640. | 1038 | 0.029% |
Dominick | 16. | 648. | 1024 | 0.028% |
Dante | 17. | 664. | 1004 | 0.028% |
Daxton | 18. | 713. | 917 | 0.025% |
Desmond | 19. | 729. | 891 | 0.025% |
Dakota | 20. | 755. | 861 | 0.024% |