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 | 0.003892262 | 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 | 0.002674699 | 801 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 757 | 0.002619867 | 757 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 731 | 0.00242534 | 731 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 673 | 0.002347639 | 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 | 0.002149658 | 5 | 815 | -99% |
| 1899 | 646 | 0.001904296 | 646 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 892 | 0.001981073 | 9 | 883 | -98% |
| 1901 | 672 | 0.001943252 | 672 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 761 | 0.001967771 | 761 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 716 | 0.001878269 | 716 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 817 | 0.002024858 | 817 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 845 | 0.001993277 | 7 | 838 | -98% |
| 1906 | 886 | 0.002067914 | 8 | 878 | -98% |
| 1907 | 956 | 0.002054182 | 11 | 945 | -98% |
| 1908 | 1016 | 0.002079189 | 1016 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 1101 | 0.002153655 | 7 | 1094 | -99% |
| 1910 | 1267 | 0.002144869 | 9 | 1258 | -99% |
| 1911 | 1565 | 0.002429072 | 9 | 1556 | -99% |
| 1912 | 2874 | 0.00290873 | 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 | 5838 | 0.003017962 | 25 | 5813 | -99% |
| 1917 | 6134 | 0.003056676 | 34 | 6100 | -99% |
| 1918 | 6664 | 0.003069398 | 37 | 6627 | -99% |
| 1919 | 6748 | 0.003197724 | 32 | 6716 | -99% |
| 1920 | 7477 | 0.003304532 | 33 | 7444 | -99% |
| 1921 | 7807 | 0.003344179 | 42 | 7765 | -99% |
| 1922 | 7896 | 0.003449312 | 31 | 7865 | -99% |
| 1923 | 8273 | 0.00359306 | 43 | 8230 | -99% |
| 1924 | 8809 | 0.003698741 | 51 | 8758 | -99% |
| 1925 | 8956 | 0.003838306 | 40 | 8916 | -99% |
| 1926 | 9097 | 0.003962288 | 56 | 9041 | -99% |
| 1927 | 9486 | 0.00408993 | 60 | 9426 | -99% |
| 1928 | 10060 | 0.004449553 | 68 | 9992 | -99% |
| 1929 | 11375 | 0.005188925 | 73 | 11302 | -99% |
| 1930 | 12360 | 0.005559354 | 86 | 12274 | -99% |
| 1931 | 11838 | 0.005625495 | 56 | 11782 | -99% |
| 1932 | 12197 | 0.005777111 | 56 | 12141 | -99% |
| 1933 | 12090 | 0.00604679 | 64 | 12026 | -99% |
| 1934 | 14076 | 0.006777846 | 75 | 14001 | -99% |
| 1935 | 15722 | 0.007523139 | 60 | 15662 | -99% |
| 1936 | 17529 | 0.008437444 | 52 | 17477 | -99% |
| 1937 | 21045 | 0.009877388 | 70 | 20975 | -99% |
| 1938 | 23058 | 0.010421398 | 63 | 22995 | -99% |
| 1939 | 25454 | 0.011552121 | 93 | 25361 | -99% |
| 1940 | 27773 | 0.012061588 | 84 | 27689 | -99% |
| 1941 | 30644 | 0.012577883 | 94 | 30550 | -99% |
| 1942 | 36016 | 0.013184339 | 114 | 35902 | -99% |
| 1943 | 37349 | 0.013232567 | 110 | 37239 | -99% |
| 1944 | 37482 | 0.013933793 | 100 | 37382 | -99% |
| 1945 | 37193 | 0.014020021 | 87 | 37106 | -100% |
| 1946 | 46547 | 0.014567571 | 105 | 46442 | -100% |
| 1947 | 57917 | 0.016078131 | 111 | 57806 | -100% |
| 1948 | 56743 | 0.016435431 | 121 | 56622 | -100% |
| 1949 | 59727 | 0.017139718 | 116 | 59611 | -100% |
| 1950 | 60861 | 0.017371962 | 134 | 60727 | -100% |
| 1951 | 64891 | 0.017615402 | 102 | 64789 | -100% |
| 1952 | 71886 | 0.018927161 | 133 | 71753 | -100% |
| 1953 | 76269 | 0.019791577 | 150 | 76119 | -100% |
| 1954 | 79714 | 0.020025071 | 153 | 79561 | -100% |
| 1955 | 86453 | 0.021532139 | 149 | 86304 | -100% |
| 1956 | 81802 | 0.019839998 | 157 | 81645 | -100% |
| 1957 | 82569 | 0.019647619 | 165 | 82404 | -100% |
| 1958 | 82833 | 0.020042988 | 205 | 82628 | -100% |
| 1959 | 84177 | 0.020250812 | 237 | 83940 | -99% |
| 1960 | 86153 | 0.020738317 | 223 | 85930 | -99% |
| 1961 | 84998 | 0.020526327 | 233 | 84765 | -99% |
| 1962 | 81617 | 0.020227021 | 291 | 81326 | -99% |
| 1963 | 78688 | 0.019877784 | 236 | 78452 | -99% |
| 1964 | 75299 | 0.019368656 | 249 | 75050 | -99% |
| 1965 | 68054 | 0.018770281 | 219 | 67835 | -99% |
| 1966 | 66653 | 0.019177238 | 231 | 66422 | -99% |
| 1967 | 67094 | 0.019762535 | 283 | 66811 | -99% |
| 1968 | 63959 | 0.018930864 | 265 | 63694 | -99% |
| 1969 | 63975 | 0.01840665 | 296 | 63679 | -99% |
| 1970 | 62030 | 0.017197931 | 290 | 61740 | -99% |
| 1971 | 53383 | 0.015552303 | 259 | 53124 | -99% |
| 1972 | 46575 | 0.014817141 | 237 | 46338 | -99% |
| 1973 | 41320 | 0.013695175 | 225 | 41095 | -99% |
| 1974 | 42038 | 0.013827353 | 234 | 41804 | -99% |
| 1975 | 39410 | 0.013050836 | 237 | 39173 | -99% |
| 1976 | 39510 | 0.013019692 | 229 | 39281 | -99% |
| 1977 | 40775 | 0.012835635 | 253 | 40522 | -99% |
| 1978 | 40944 | 0.012899035 | 245 | 40699 | -99% |
| 1979 | 42351 | 0.012728289 | 285 | 42066 | -99% |
| 1980 | 42191 | 0.012247597 | 291 | 41900 | -99% |
| 1981 | 40882 | 0.011817014 | 224 | 40658 | -99% |
| 1982 | 40708 | 0.011603737 | 250 | 40458 | -99% |
| 1983 | 39526 | 0.011412353 | 321 | 39205 | -98% |
| 1984 | 38725 | 0.011100009 | 235 | 38490 | -99% |
| 1985 | 38819 | 0.010876673 | 290 | 38529 | -99% |
| 1986 | 37428 | 0.010522495 | 274 | 37154 | -99% |
| 1987 | 37050 | 0.010276142 | 252 | 36798 | -99% |
| 1988 | 35574 | 0.009628233 | 250 | 35324 | -99% |
| 1989 | 35371 | 0.009200888 | 148 | 35223 | -99% |
| 1990 | 33863 | 0.008568343 | 120 | 33743 | -99% |
| 1991 | 30511 | 0.0078334 | 94 | 30417 | -99% |
| 1992 | 28536 | 0.007429385 | 117 | 28419 | -99% |
| 1993 | 27126 | 0.007195258 | 89 | 27037 | -99% |
| 1994 | 24945 | 0.006710415 | 76 | 24869 | -99% |
| 1995 | 23110 | 0.006310954 | 69 | 23041 | -99% |
| 1996 | 23082 | 0.00632918 | 62 | 23020 | -99% |
| 1997 | 21931 | 0.00604905 | 37 | 21894 | -100% |
| 1998 | 20931 | 0.005690894 | 42 | 20889 | -100% |
| 1999 | 20392 | 0.005520876 | 43 | 20349 | -100% |
| 2000 | 19829 | 0.005246297 | 44 | 19785 | -100% |
| 2001 | 19402 | 0.005183412 | 41 | 19361 | -100% |
| 2002 | 18735 | 0.005012315 | 38 | 18697 | -100% |
| 2003 | 18662 | 0.004908779 | 31 | 18631 | -100% |
| 2004 | 18466 | 0.004833577 | 66 | 18400 | -99% |
| 2005 | 18158 | 0.00472352 | 25 | 18133 | -100% |
| 2006 | 17683 | 0.004470691 | 30 | 17653 | -100% |
| 2007 | 17580 | 0.004398686 | 24 | 17556 | -100% |
| 2008 | 16360 | 0.004163456 | 22 | 16338 | -100% |
| 2009 | 15466 | 0.004049939 | 16 | 15450 | -100% |
| 2010 | 14240 | 0.003854453 | 25 | 14215 | -100% |
| 2011 | 13263 | 0.003627429 | 19 | 13244 | -100% |
| 2012 | 12571 | 0.003438727 | 18 | 12553 | -100% |
| 2013 | 12396 | 0.003402081 | 15 | 12381 | -100% |
| 2014 | 12256 | 0.003308689 | 13 | 12243 | -100% |
| 2015 | 11840 | 0.003201395 | 19 | 11821 | -100% |
| 2016 | 11157 | 0.003043488 | 15 | 11142 | -100% |
| 2017 | 10231 | 0.002863614 | 9 | 10222 | -100% |
| 2018 | 9808 | 0.00279291 | 13 | 9795 | -100% |
| 2019 | 8981 | 0.002591305 | 12 | 8969 | -100% |
| 2020 | 8248 | 0.002473919 | 10 | 8238 | -100% |
| 2021 | 7914 | 0.002341619 | 11 | 7903 | -100% |
| 2022 | 7746 | 0.002304057 | 5 | 7741 | -100% |