DAVID is ranked as the 3rd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 4,892,956.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 1534.53 people named DAVID for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named DAVID is 2,939,747.
The SSA data also shows that DAVID is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
DAVID is
78.4% White,
6.3% Hispanic origin,
11.2% Black,
2.0% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name DAVID have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name DAVID is included in the following name categories:
German masculine given name
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Bulgarian masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Spanish masculine given name
Masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
French masculine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Romanian masculine given name
Biblical surname
Icelandic masculine given name
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
English masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name DAVID
The state with the most people named
DAVID is
California where
487,451 people have this name.
Utah is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named DAVID, as
2270.96 in every 100,000
Utahns
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
100th, this rank was reached in the states of
Vermont.
Utah is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name DAVID
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
234,701
1822.13
100.0%
Indiana
143,213
2170.93
100.0%
Iowa
43,820
1410.32
100.0%
Kansas
54,339
1871.15
100.0%
Michigan
155,871
1572.89
100.0%
Minnesota
87,154
1597.06
100.0%
Missouri
43,529
1453.83
100.0%
Nebraska
33,350
1772.51
100.0%
North Dakota
13,735
1857.35
100.0%
Ohio
261,070
2251.73
100.0%
South Dakota
16,032
1879.09
100.0%
Wisconsin
93,510
1624.12
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name DAVID
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
16,405
2226.79
100.0%
Arizona
124,271
1846.12
100.0%
California
487,451
1256.24
100.0%
Colorado
115,148
2149.95
100.0%
Hawaii
15,816
1114.15
100.0%
Idaho
32,676
1999.17
100.0%
Montana
19,337
1889.12
100.0%
Nevada
47,296
1665.89
100.0%
New Mexico
38,493
1845.66
100.0%
Oregon
84,613
2131.18
100.0%
Utah
66,832
2270.96
100.0%
Washington
104,365
1477.93
100.0%
Wyoming
11,059
1893.24
100.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name DAVID
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have DAVID as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named DAVID.
The most popular full name is DAVID Smith.
0.85% of all the people named DAVID
have this family name.
There are 164882 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name DAVID