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Dawud

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #389 vs #3,128 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,591, 2016: #4,098, 2017: #4,594, 2018: #3,708, 2019: #4,230, 2020: #3,344, 2021: #4,494, 2022: #3,464, 2023: #2,769, 2024: #2,873, 2025: #3,1281 in 44,949 boys in the US, 2025#3,128 · rising · was #3,591 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #656, 2016: #420, 2017: #462, 2018: #427, 2019: #418, 2020: #426, 2021: #395, 2022: #427, 2023: #431, 2024: #346, 2025: #3891 in 2,565 boys in E&W, 2025#389 · rising · was #656 in 2015

Boy’s name · Arabic

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What Dawud means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Dawud yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #389 vs #3,128 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dawud?

US 2025
#3128
38 babies
▼ 255 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#389
106 babies
▼ 43 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #3591 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #656 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2023)

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 46 boys got the name (#2769 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

  • About 1 in 44,949 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 2,565 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (0.08 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.05 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dawud is #3128 in the US and #389 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#3128381 in 44,949#3591
England & Wales#3891061 in 2,565#656
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Dawud were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 2025038
England & Wales 20250106
US all years since 188001,030
England & Wales since 199601,660

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Dawood25 US · 35 E&W
  • Dawoud15 US · 12 E&W
  • Dawit18 US · 6 E&W
  • Dawid5 US · 12 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dawud

Boys

  • Idris#694Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #142 vs #694 in 2025
  • Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”
  • Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
  • Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025
  • Amir#105“commander, prince”
  • Imran#969Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 8 babies

For a sister

  • Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
  • Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
  • Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
  • Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”
  • Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”
  • Aisha#337Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #106 vs #337 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dawud’s. Rank is US 2025.

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