David
Nationally, David lands at #35 for 2025, neither climbing nor fading. The peak was 1955, a name your child would share with a great-aunt, which is quietly part of its charm.
What David carries
David · Hebrew
“beloved”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
David’s free Name Kit
Five printables for David, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
David since 1880
David peaked in 1955 at #2; #35 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where David is most common
Among the states, David takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 0.75% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with New York and Delaware next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near David
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Joseph
#29 in 2025 · Hebrew
Michael
#21 in 2025 · Hebrew
James
#6 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jane
#221 in 2025 · Hebrew
John
#23 in 2025 · Hebrew
Daniel
#22 in 2025 · Hebrew
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriel
#37 in 2025 · Hebrew
Browse: names starting with D · Hebrew names · all names
About David
How common is David today?
Nationally, David lands at #35 for 2025, neither climbing nor fading. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does David mean?
The reference we cite records “beloved”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with David?
The recipe puts Joseph first, then James, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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