David is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #51 for boy births in the United States, given to 6,801 babies. David first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1955 (86,454 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,801 | #51 |
| 2024 | 7,376 | #43 |
| 2023 | 7,428 | #42 |
| 2022 | 7,835 | #45 |
| 2021 | 7,951 | #43 |
| 2020 | 8,273 | #40 |
| 2019 | 9,001 | #40 |
| 2018 | 9,826 | #35 |
| 2017 | 10,253 | #35 |
| 2016 | 11,168 | #27 |
| 2015 | 11,857 | #26 |
| 2014 | 12,272 | #24 |
| 2013 | 12,415 | #26 |
| 2012 | 12,583 | #28 |
| 2011 | 13,278 | #26 |
| 2010 | 14,247 | #23 |
| 2009 | 15,473 | #19 |
| 2008 | 16,369 | #20 |
| 2007 | 17,597 | #17 |
| 2006 | 17,701 | #17 |
| 2005 | 18,169 | #17 |
| 2004 | 18,478 | #17 |
| 2003 | 18,672 | #17 |
| 2002 | 18,742 | #17 |
| 2001 | 19,403 | #16 |
| 2000 | 19,831 | #20 |
| 1999 | 20,395 | #19 |
| 1998 | 20,934 | #18 |
| 1997 | 21,933 | #16 |
| 1996 | 23,084 | #17 |
| 1995 | 23,114 | #20 |
| 1994 | 24,953 | #16 |
| 1993 | 27,127 | #14 |
| 1992 | 28,542 | #12 |
| 1991 | 30,510 | #10 |
| 1990 | 33,868 | #10 |
| 1989 | 35,373 | #9 |
| 1988 | 35,579 | #9 |
| 1987 | 37,047 | #8 |
| 1986 | 37,424 | #8 |
| 1985 | 38,812 | #10 |
| 1984 | 38,727 | #8 |
| 1983 | 39,522 | #6 |
| 1982 | 40,703 | #7 |
| 1981 | 40,853 | #7 |
| 1980 | 42,182 | #5 |
| 1979 | 42,338 | #5 |
| 1978 | 40,929 | #5 |
| 1977 | 40,767 | #5 |
| 1976 | 39,494 | #5 |
| 1975 | 39,393 | #6 |
| 1974 | 42,020 | #5 |
| 1973 | 41,308 | #6 |
| 1972 | 46,559 | #5 |
| 1971 | 53,372 | #4 |
| 1970 | 62,018 | #3 |
| 1969 | 63,968 | #2 |
| 1968 | 63,944 | #2 |
| 1967 | 67,088 | #2 |
| 1966 | 66,640 | #2 |
| 1965 | 68,043 | #3 |
| 1964 | 75,292 | #3 |
| 1963 | 78,680 | #3 |
| 1962 | 81,627 | #2 |
| 1961 | 85,044 | #2 |
| 1960 | 86,151 | #1 |
| 1959 | 84,212 | #2 |
| 1958 | 82,885 | #2 |
| 1957 | 82,568 | #3 |
| 1956 | 81,809 | #4 |
| 1955 | 86,454 | #2 |
| 1954 | 79,709 | #5 |
| 1953 | 76,268 | #5 |
| 1952 | 71,885 | #5 |
| 1951 | 64,890 | #7 |
| 1950 | 60,863 | #7 |
| 1949 | 59,727 | #8 |
| 1948 | 56,748 | #7 |
| 1947 | 57,921 | #8 |
| 1946 | 46,549 | #8 |
| 1945 | 37,197 | #9 |
| 1944 | 37,482 | #9 |
| 1943 | 37,350 | #10 |
| 1942 | 36,019 | #9 |
| 1941 | 30,647 | #10 |
| 1940 | 27,774 | #10 |
| 1939 | 25,453 | #10 |
| 1938 | 23,057 | #13 |
| 1937 | 21,051 | #13 |
| 1936 | 17,528 | #16 |
| 1935 | 15,723 | #18 |
| 1934 | 14,078 | #21 |
| 1933 | 12,090 | #23 |
| 1932 | 12,195 | #23 |
| 1931 | 11,840 | #25 |
| 1930 | 12,361 | #28 |
| 1929 | 11,375 | #31 |
| 1928 | 10,058 | #39 |
| 1927 | 9,486 | #42 |
| 1926 | 9,097 | #44 |
| 1925 | 8,955 | #45 |
| 1924 | 8,809 | #49 |
| 1923 | 8,273 | #50 |
| 1922 | 7,896 | #51 |
| 1921 | 7,807 | #56 |
| 1920 | 7,477 | #59 |
| 1919 | 6,748 | #64 |
| 1918 | 6,664 | #68 |
| 1917 | 6,133 | #69 |
| 1916 | 5,837 | #68 |
| 1915 | 5,425 | #68 |
| 1914 | 4,272 | #67 |
| 1913 | 3,295 | #70 |
| 1912 | 2,874 | #72 |
| 1911 | 1,565 | #91 |
| 1910 | 1,267 | #106 |
| 1909 | 1,101 | #104 |
| 1908 | 1,015 | #112 |
| 1907 | 956 | #111 |
| 1906 | 886 | #109 |
| 1905 | 845 | #112 |
| 1904 | 817 | #110 |
| 1903 | 716 | #120 |
| 1902 | 761 | #112 |
| 1901 | 672 | #115 |
| 1900 | 892 | #115 |
| 1899 | 646 | #116 |
| 1898 | 820 | #105 |
| 1897 | 730 | #106 |
| 1896 | 772 | #102 |
| 1895 | 712 | #110 |
| 1894 | 729 | #103 |
| 1893 | 730 | #99 |
| 1892 | 818 | #92 |
| 1891 | 673 | #95 |
| 1890 | 731 | #91 |
| 1889 | 757 | #85 |
| 1888 | 801 | #86 |
| 1887 | 682 | #80 |
| 1886 | 674 | #83 |
| 1885 | 717 | #73 |
| 1884 | 761 | #70 |
| 1883 | 740 | #64 |
| 1882 | 838 | #52 |
| 1881 | 750 | #48 |
| 1880 | 869 | #38 |