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Baby name
David
Boy
Origin of the name
David comes from the Hebrew Dawid, often translated as “beloved.” In the Bible, he is the young shepherd who defeated the giant Goliath before becoming king of Israel.
Classic name
3,676,654births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 1955
Where babies named David are born
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The darker the blue, the more common David is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, David is most common in Rhode Island (1.5 times), Delaware (1.3) and Vermont (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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