Dawid is a distinctive choice, ranked #2014 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Dawid in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2014
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About the Name Dawid
Dawid has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1048 places in five years. It was most popular in 2008 at #250 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Dawid is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Dawid in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Dawid
Dawid Malan — Dawid Johannes Malan Jnr is an English cricketer who has played for Yorkshire and Middlesex in English domestic cricket and in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Dawid Tomala — Dawid Tomala is a Polish race walker.
Dawid Fedeńczak — Dawid Fedeńczak is a Polish handball player for Pogoń Szczecin and the Polish national team.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Dawid
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Dawid per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Dawid in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Dawid is declining: down 1,387 places since 2020, to #2,014 in 2025. It peaked at #250 in 2008.
Dawid is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Dawid include: Dawid Malan, Dawid Tomala and Dawid Fedeńczak. Short summaries for each appear below.
Dawid does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Dawids in the wild.
12
UK babies named Dawid (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 1387 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Dawid
Almost certainly the only Dawid in the class
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UK Popularity (1997–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Dawid
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Dawid Johannes Malan Jnr is an English cricketer who has played for Yorkshire and Middlesex in English domestic cricket and in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Dawid Moryc Apfelbaum (Polish: [ˈda.vit ˈmɔr.ɘ̟t͡s apˈfɛl.bawm]; German: [ˈap͡fl̩ˌbaʊ̯m]), sometimes also known as Mieczysław Dawid Apfelbaum (Polish: [mjɛˈt͡ʂɘ̟.swaf ˈda.vit apˈfɛl.bawm]), is a disputed soldier who some contend was incorrectly credited as the commander of the Jewish Military Union that fought in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, during the Second World War.