Dovid
A masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "beloved".
Name Census estimates that about 3,175 living Americans carry the first name Dovid. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Dovid today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Dovid births was 2022 (161 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Dovid. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Dovid with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Dovid is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 17 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
3.2K
~ 1 in 107,954 Americans
Peak year
2022
161 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,300
Tracked since 1957
Census
Dovid in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,320 people with the first name Dovid, which placed it at #6,796 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#6,796
National first-name rank
People counted
2.3K
2,320 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.8
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
97.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Dovid
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dovid is White at 97.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (1.2%) and Black (0.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Dovid described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Dovid at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White97.8% · 2,270
- Hispanic or Latino1.2% · 27
- Black or African American0.4% · 9
- Two or more races0.4% · 9
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.2% · 5
Popularity
Dovid: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Dovid from the 1950s through to the 2020s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 1,077 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Dovid remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dovid by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Dovid during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Dovids live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. New York, New Jersey, Maryland recorded the most babies named Dovid, while Illinois, Florida, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 445 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Dovid
The name Dovid is a Hebrew name derived from the ancient Semitic root "d-w-d" which means "beloved." It has its origins in the Biblical Hebrew language, and is a variant spelling of the more commonly known English version "David." The name is a masculine given name that dates back to ancient times.
The earliest known historical reference to the name Dovid comes from the Hebrew Bible, where it is the name of the second King of Israel, who reigned from around 1010 BCE to 970 BCE. According to the biblical narrative, Dovid was chosen by God to succeed King Saul as the ruler of the united Kingdom of Israel and Judah. His life and reign are extensively chronicled in the Books of Samuel and Chronicles.
One of the most famous bearers of the name Dovid was the Biblical King Dovid himself, who was renowned for his military prowess, his skill as a musician and poet, and his devotion to God. The Psalms, a collection of sacred poems and hymns in the Bible, are traditionally attributed to King Dovid.
Another notable historical figure named Dovid was Dovid al-Mukkamas, a 10th-century Jewish philosopher and grammarian who lived in Karaite Judaic communities in Persia and Palestine. He is best known for his work on Hebrew grammar and his commentaries on the Bible.
In the 12th century, there was a prominent Jewish scholar named Dovid Kimhi, also known as Radak, who lived in Provence (present-day southern France). He was a biblical commentator, grammarian, and lexicographer, and is renowned for his influential works on Hebrew grammar and lexicography.
In the 16th century, Dovid Gans, a Jewish astronomer and mathematician from Prague, made significant contributions to the field of astronomy. He is particularly known for his work on the calculation of the Jewish calendar and his involvement in the development of the Gregorian calendar reform.
During the 19th century, Dovid Fröhlich was an influential Jewish scholar and writer who lived in Galicia (present-day Ukraine). He was a prolific author and wrote extensively on Jewish history, literature, and philosophy, contributing to the preservation and promotion of Jewish culture and learning.
People
Dovid + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Dovid as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Dovid: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dovid?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 3,175 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Dovid going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 107,954 US residents.
Is Dovid a common name?
We classify Dovid as "Rare". It ranks above 95.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 3,225 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Dovid most popular?
The single biggest year for Dovid was 2022, when 161 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Dovid is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Dovid in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,320 people with the name Dovid, or 0.77 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #6,796 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Dovid in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Dovid?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Dovid appears almost entirely male. Of the 2,316 people counted with this name, 99.7% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Dovid?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dovid is White at 97.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (1.2%) and Black (0.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Dovid most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Dovid in the 2020 Census, accounting for 97.8% (2,270 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Dovid in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Dovid a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Dovid in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Dovid still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Dovid in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Dovid can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Dovid?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.