Dawoud is a distinctive choice, ranked #1517 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Dawoud in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1517
About the Name Dawoud
Dawoud is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 711 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1018 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2002.
Dawoud 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 Dawoud
Unlikely. With around 17 UK babies named Dawoud per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Dawoud in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Dawoud is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 711 places over the last five years to #1517 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Dawoud 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 Dawoud include: Dawoud Iraqi — Daoud Younis Abdallah Iraqi is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a forward for SV Tasmania Berlin.; Marwan Dawoud — Marwan Mohamed Moustafa Dawoud Soliman is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Egyptian national team.; Dawoud Bey — Dawoud Bey is an American photographer, artist and educator known for his large-scale art photography and street photography portraits, including American....
Dawoud does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Dawouds in the wild.
17
UK babies named Dawoud (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 711 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Dawoud
Likely around 1 other Dawoud in the class
UK Popularity (2002–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Dawoud
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Dawoud Bey is an American photographer, artist and educator known for his large-scale art photography and street photography portraits, including American adolescents in relation to their community, and other often marginalized subjects. In 2017, Bey was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D.
Dawoud al-Marhoon is a Saudi Arabian citizen who participated in the Saudi Arabian protests during the Arab Spring as a teenager. He was arrested on May 22, 2012 and was sentenced to death in September 2014, after which he was held in prison while awaiting ratification of his sentence by King Abdullah and then King Salman.
Diaa al-Din Dawoud was an Egyptian politician and activist. He is the founder of the Arab Democratic Nasserist Party, serving as its secretary-general between 1992 and November 2010.