boy's name

Dawid

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,083

Scotland

#446

2020 births

Dawid is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2008, when 173 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 43,912 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1997.

Dawid over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,163
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Dawid by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
1990s 5
2000s 543
2010s 1,163
2020s (to 2025) 188

How popular is Dawid?

In 2025, Dawid was given to 12 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Where Dawid is used

Scotland #446 7 in 2020
Northern Ireland #468 3 in 2022
Ireland #548 6 in 2023
England & Wales #2,073 12 in 2025
Canada #3,316 5 in 2021
France #6,333 5 in 2022
United States #12,881 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dawid

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dawid also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dawid over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Dawid in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Italian
Davide
Welsh
Dafydd
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Daoud

Sibling names for Dawid

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dawid — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dawid

How popular is the name Dawid?

In 2025, Dawid was given to 12 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Is Dawid a girl's or a boy's name?

Dawid is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Dawid most popular?

Dawid peaked in 2008, when 173 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Dawid a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dawid currently ranks #2,073 in England and Wales. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.