David
788
Babies in 2024
-35%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 2.52k
-7%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name David
David peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (2,517 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 788 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
David reached its peak in 1996, when 2,517 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #32 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 788 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 37,852 boys have been officially registered with the name David in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 12,526 boys were registered with the name, starting from 1,209 in 2014 and ending at 788 in 2024.