Dawood is a distinctive choice, ranked #945 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Dawood in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#945
About the Name Dawood
Dawood is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 328 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #884 in 2016 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Dawood is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Dawood
Unlikely. With around 33 UK babies named Dawood per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Dawood in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Dawood is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 328 places over the last five years to #945 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Dawood 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 Dawood include: Dawood Pervez — Dawood Pervez is a British businessman.; Dawood Ibrahim — Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is an Indian gangster, mob boss, drug lord and narcoterrorist.; Dawood Group — The Dawood Group (Urdu: داؤد گروپ), also referred to as the Dawood Group of Companies, is a term used in Pakistan to describe a collection of diversified....
Dawood does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Dawoods in the wild.
33
UK babies named Dawood (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 328 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Dawood
Likely around 1 other Dawood in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Dawood
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is an Indian gangster, mob boss, drug lord and narcoterrorist. He is the leader of the organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s.
The Dawood Group (Urdu: داؤد گروپ), also referred to as the Dawood Group of Companies, is a term used in Pakistan to describe a collection of diversified businesses owned by the Dawood family. The family's business activities were initiated by Ahmed Dawood.
Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood Bawany was a Pakistani businessman and philanthropist who founded Adamjee Group. He was also an activist in the Pakistan Movement.
Siddique Dawood was a Pakistani industrialist and politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1962 to 1964, representing NW-2 (Karachi-II).
Dawood Vaid is an educationist and trainer, who is co-founder of Sky Education, a pan-Asia education organization. Working with scientists as a Patent & Trademark Analyst, in Moscow and Switzerland, he observed and compared different education pedagogy and created 'fun-learn' approach to learning.
Shahzada Dawood was a Pakistani businessman and philanthropist. Dawood, his 19-year-old son, Suleman, and three others were killed inside the submersible Titan when it imploded on a tourist expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic.