How popular is “David” in the USA?
Number of people named “David” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “David” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “David” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “David” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “David” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “David” by birth year
This chart shows how “David” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 869 | 0.004312998 | 869 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 750 | 0.003892303 | 750 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 838 | 0.003782732 | 838 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 740 | 0.003411003 | 6 | 734 | -98% |
| 1884 | 761 | 0.003125757 | 761 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 717 | 0.002976907 | 5 | 712 | -99% |
| 1886 | 674 | 0.002639855 | 674 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 682 | 0.002756747 | 9 | 673 | -97% |
| 1888 | 801 | 0.00267469 | 801 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 757 | 0.002619867 | 757 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 731 | 0.00242534 | 731 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 673 | 0.002347631 | 673 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 818 | 0.002446363 | 5 | 813 | -99% |
| 1893 | 730 | 0.002244614 | 6 | 724 | -98% |
| 1894 | 729 | 0.002152411 | 729 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 712 | 0.002028369 | 5 | 707 | -99% |
| 1896 | 772 | 0.002159537 | 7 | 765 | -98% |
| 1897 | 730 | 0.002104007 | 730 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 820 | 0.002149664 | 5 | 815 | -99% |
| 1899 | 646 | 0.00190429 | 646 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 892 | 0.001981082 | 9 | 883 | -98% |
| 1901 | 672 | 0.001943252 | 672 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 761 | 0.001967766 | 761 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 716 | 0.001878269 | 716 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 817 | 0.002024858 | 817 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 845 | 0.001993282 | 7 | 838 | -98% |
| 1906 | 886 | 0.002067914 | 8 | 878 | -98% |
| 1907 | 956 | 0.002054187 | 11 | 945 | -98% |
| 1908 | 1016 | 0.002079198 | 1016 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 1101 | 0.002153655 | 7 | 1094 | -99% |
| 1910 | 1267 | 0.002144873 | 9 | 1258 | -99% |
| 1911 | 1565 | 0.002429076 | 9 | 1556 | -99% |
| 1912 | 2874 | 0.002908727 | 16 | 2858 | -99% |
| 1913 | 3295 | 0.002897694 | 13 | 3282 | -99% |
| 1914 | 4272 | 0.003016212 | 21 | 4251 | -99% |
| 1915 | 5425 | 0.00296055 | 31 | 5394 | -99% |
| 1916 | 5837 | 0.00301745 | 25 | 5812 | -99% |
| 1917 | 6133 | 0.003056185 | 34 | 6099 | -99% |
| 1918 | 6664 | 0.003069395 | 37 | 6627 | -99% |
| 1919 | 6748 | 0.00319773 | 32 | 6716 | -99% |
| 1920 | 7477 | 0.003304543 | 33 | 7444 | -99% |
| 1921 | 7807 | 0.003344181 | 42 | 7765 | -99% |
| 1922 | 7896 | 0.003449308 | 31 | 7865 | -99% |
| 1923 | 8273 | 0.003593076 | 43 | 8230 | -99% |
| 1924 | 8809 | 0.003698754 | 51 | 8758 | -99% |
| 1925 | 8955 | 0.003837904 | 40 | 8915 | -99% |
| 1926 | 9097 | 0.003962286 | 56 | 9041 | -99% |
| 1927 | 9486 | 0.004089919 | 60 | 9426 | -99% |
| 1928 | 10060 | 0.00444951 | 68 | 9992 | -99% |
| 1929 | 11374 | 0.005188509 | 73 | 11301 | -99% |
| 1930 | 12361 | 0.005559783 | 86 | 12275 | -99% |
| 1931 | 11839 | 0.00562592 | 56 | 11783 | -99% |
| 1932 | 12194 | 0.005775649 | 56 | 12138 | -99% |
| 1933 | 12092 | 0.006047718 | 64 | 12028 | -99% |
| 1934 | 14078 | 0.006778691 | 75 | 14003 | -99% |
| 1935 | 15723 | 0.007523427 | 60 | 15663 | -99% |
| 1936 | 17529 | 0.008437297 | 52 | 17477 | -99% |
| 1937 | 21046 | 0.00987782 | 70 | 20976 | -99% |
| 1938 | 23059 | 0.010421808 | 63 | 22996 | -99% |
| 1939 | 25453 | 0.011551567 | 93 | 25360 | -99% |
| 1940 | 27774 | 0.012061823 | 84 | 27690 | -99% |
| 1941 | 30646 | 0.012578508 | 94 | 30552 | -99% |
| 1942 | 36018 | 0.013184916 | 114 | 35904 | -99% |
| 1943 | 37350 | 0.013232687 | 110 | 37240 | -99% |
| 1944 | 37481 | 0.013933167 | 100 | 37381 | -99% |
| 1945 | 37194 | 0.014020293 | 87 | 37107 | -100% |
| 1946 | 46550 | 0.014568382 | 105 | 46445 | -100% |
| 1947 | 57917 | 0.016077962 | 111 | 57806 | -100% |
| 1948 | 56743 | 0.016435308 | 121 | 56622 | -100% |
| 1949 | 59728 | 0.017139878 | 116 | 59612 | -100% |
| 1950 | 60862 | 0.017372426 | 134 | 60728 | -100% |
| 1951 | 64890 | 0.017615341 | 102 | 64788 | -100% |
| 1952 | 71888 | 0.018927827 | 133 | 71755 | -100% |
| 1953 | 76268 | 0.019791303 | 149 | 76119 | -100% |
| 1954 | 79716 | 0.020025704 | 153 | 79563 | -100% |
| 1955 | 86449 | 0.021531336 | 149 | 86300 | -100% |
| 1956 | 81805 | 0.019840952 | 157 | 81648 | -100% |
| 1957 | 82567 | 0.019649163 | 165 | 82402 | -100% |
| 1958 | 82881 | 0.020047413 | 205 | 82676 | -100% |
| 1959 | 84168 | 0.020248653 | 236 | 83932 | -99% |
| 1960 | 86143 | 0.020737756 | 222 | 85921 | -99% |
| 1961 | 85028 | 0.02052848 | 233 | 84795 | -99% |
| 1962 | 81608 | 0.020225929 | 290 | 81318 | -99% |
| 1963 | 78686 | 0.019878576 | 236 | 78450 | -99% |
| 1964 | 75290 | 0.019366885 | 249 | 75041 | -99% |
| 1965 | 68046 | 0.018768819 | 219 | 67827 | -99% |
| 1966 | 66649 | 0.019176418 | 231 | 66418 | -99% |
| 1967 | 67091 | 0.019762389 | 282 | 66809 | -99% |
| 1968 | 63946 | 0.018928101 | 265 | 63681 | -99% |
| 1969 | 63969 | 0.018406497 | 296 | 63673 | -99% |
| 1970 | 62020 | 0.017196719 | 290 | 61730 | -99% |
| 1971 | 53376 | 0.015551161 | 259 | 53117 | -99% |
| 1972 | 46568 | 0.014816333 | 237 | 46331 | -99% |
| 1973 | 41314 | 0.013694407 | 226 | 41088 | -99% |
| 1974 | 42025 | 0.013824013 | 234 | 41791 | -99% |
| 1975 | 39393 | 0.013046748 | 237 | 39156 | -99% |
| 1976 | 39501 | 0.013018108 | 229 | 39272 | -99% |
| 1977 | 40769 | 0.012834921 | 252 | 40517 | -99% |
| 1978 | 40932 | 0.012896761 | 245 | 40687 | -99% |
| 1979 | 42347 | 0.012728433 | 285 | 42062 | -99% |
| 1980 | 42185 | 0.012247096 | 291 | 41894 | -99% |
| 1981 | 40860 | 0.011811522 | 224 | 40636 | -99% |
| 1982 | 40705 | 0.011603673 | 250 | 40455 | -99% |
| 1983 | 39527 | 0.011413182 | 321 | 39206 | -98% |
| 1984 | 38724 | 0.011099976 | 235 | 38489 | -99% |
| 1985 | 38818 | 0.010876512 | 290 | 38528 | -99% |
| 1986 | 37420 | 0.010520261 | 274 | 37146 | -99% |
| 1987 | 37049 | 0.010275719 | 252 | 36797 | -99% |
| 1988 | 35577 | 0.009628779 | 250 | 35327 | -99% |
| 1989 | 35369 | 0.009200298 | 148 | 35221 | -99% |
| 1990 | 33864 | 0.008568291 | 120 | 33744 | -99% |
| 1991 | 30511 | 0.0078332 | 94 | 30417 | -99% |
| 1992 | 28540 | 0.007430202 | 117 | 28423 | -99% |
| 1993 | 27127 | 0.007195233 | 89 | 27038 | -99% |
| 1994 | 24947 | 0.006710727 | 76 | 24871 | -99% |
| 1995 | 23114 | 0.006311817 | 69 | 23045 | -99% |
| 1996 | 23083 | 0.006329236 | 62 | 23021 | -99% |
| 1997 | 21933 | 0.006049428 | 37 | 21896 | -100% |
| 1998 | 20933 | 0.005691272 | 42 | 20891 | -100% |
| 1999 | 20395 | 0.005521492 | 43 | 20352 | -100% |
| 2000 | 19830 | 0.005246322 | 44 | 19786 | -100% |
| 2001 | 19403 | 0.005183442 | 41 | 19362 | -100% |
| 2002 | 18738 | 0.005012663 | 38 | 18700 | -100% |
| 2003 | 18669 | 0.00491029 | 31 | 18638 | -100% |
| 2004 | 18469 | 0.004834016 | 66 | 18403 | -99% |
| 2005 | 18162 | 0.004724094 | 25 | 18137 | -100% |
| 2006 | 17688 | 0.004471415 | 30 | 17658 | -100% |
| 2007 | 17586 | 0.004399517 | 24 | 17562 | -100% |
| 2008 | 16364 | 0.004163764 | 22 | 16342 | -100% |
| 2009 | 15469 | 0.004050013 | 16 | 15453 | -100% |
| 2010 | 14246 | 0.003855328 | 25 | 14221 | -100% |
| 2011 | 13270 | 0.003628506 | 19 | 13251 | -100% |
| 2012 | 12573 | 0.003438396 | 18 | 12555 | -100% |
| 2013 | 12406 | 0.003403751 | 15 | 12391 | -100% |
| 2014 | 12263 | 0.00330948 | 13 | 12250 | -100% |
| 2015 | 11848 | 0.003202293 | 19 | 11829 | -100% |
| 2016 | 11159 | 0.003042654 | 15 | 11144 | -100% |
| 2017 | 10245 | 0.002865961 | 9 | 10236 | -100% |
| 2018 | 9820 | 0.002794417 | 14 | 9806 | -100% |
| 2019 | 8990 | 0.002591681 | 12 | 8978 | -100% |
| 2020 | 8259 | 0.002474351 | 10 | 8249 | -100% |
| 2021 | 7928 | 0.002342314 | 11 | 7917 | -100% |
| 2022 | 7812 | 0.002312193 | 6 | 7806 | -100% |
| 2023 | 7362 | 0.002232773 | 8 | 7354 | -100% |