David
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning beloved.
How David has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #18 |
| 2016 | #19 |
| 2017 | #22 |
| 2018 | #22 |
| 2019 | #27 |
| 2020 | #28 |
| 2021 | #30 |
| 2022 | #31 |
| 2023 | #27 |
| 2024 | #31 |
| 2025 | #35 |
David by the numbers
In 2025, 712 babies in England and Wales were named David. In the US, 10,133 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 86,251 babies in 1955, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1955, about 1 in 24 American boys born that year was called David.
Names that come from David
Forms of David in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Dawsonson of David2,068 in the US (2017)
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
- Davinabeloved; feminine form of David313 in the US (2017)
- Dawsynson of David; invented respelling of Dawson201 in the US (2017)
- Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
- Devontebeloved; a form of David, respelled with -onte suffix135 in the US (2017)
- Daxonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Daxson132 in the US (2017)
- Dawudbeloved; form of David106 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of David. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Davisson of david or beloved616 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
- Dovidbeloved; variant spelling of David108 in the US (2017)
- Davia form of David; beloved18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daviebeloved; diminutive of David33 in the US (2017)
- Duvidbeloved; a form of David19 in the US (2017)
Sounds like David
Names that are said the same way as David, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dafyddbeloved; Welsh form of David11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Davidebeloved; Italian form of David6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Davydbeloved; variant spelling of David10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Davudbeloved; a form of David9 in the US (2017)
- Dayvidbeloved; a modern respelling of David5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean love
Like David, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jedidiahbeloved of the lord357 in the US (2017)
- Darwindear friend or beloved friend270 in the US (2017)
- Davionbeloved; a form of david244 in the US (2017)
- Darrelldear or beloved; from D'Arelle239 in the US (2017)
- Davianbeloved; a form of David221 in the US (2017)
- Amarelove; from Latin amarus213 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as David
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