Dovid is a distinctive choice, ranked #1282 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Dovid in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1282
About the Name Dovid
Dovid is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #1282. The name has climbed 543 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Dovid 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 Dovid
Unlikely. With around 21 UK babies named Dovid per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Dovid in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Dovid is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 543 places over the last five years to #1282 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Dovid 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 Dovid include: Dovid Efune — Dovid Efune is a British-born US-based newspaper editor and publisher.; Dovid Harris — Rabbi Dovid Harris is an Orthodox rabbi who, along with Rabbi Akiva Grunblatt and Rabbi Shaul Opoczynski, serves as Rosh Hayeshiva (deans) at the Yeshivas...; Dovid Katz — Dovid Katz (Yiddish: הירשע־דוד כ״ץ, also הירשע־דוד קאַץ, Hirshe-Dovid Kats, [ˌhirʃɛ-ˈdɔvid ˈkɑt͡s], born 9 May 1956) is an American-born Vilnius-based....
Dovid does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Dovids in the wild.
21
UK babies named Dovid (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 543 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Dovid
Likely around 1 other Dovid in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Rabbi Dovid Harris is an Orthodox rabbi who, along with Rabbi Akiva Grunblatt and Rabbi Shaul Opoczynski, serves as Rosh Hayeshiva (deans) at the Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen (Chofetz Chaim). He is a prominent figure in the yeshiva world and speaks annually at the Torah Umesorah - National Society for Hebrew Day Schools convention.
Dovid Katz (Yiddish: הירשע־דוד כ״ץ, also הירשע־דוד קאַץ, Hirshe-Dovid Kats, [ˌhirʃɛ-ˈdɔvid ˈkɑt͡s], born 9 May 1956) is an American-born Vilnius-based scholar, author, and educator specializing in Yiddish language and literature, Lithuanian-Jewish culture, and the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.
Dovid Hofshteyn, also transliterated as David Hofstein, was a Yiddish poet. He was one of the 13 Jewish intellectuals executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets.
Rabbi Dovid Tzvi Schustal (Hebrew: דוד צבי שוסטאל) is an Orthodox rabbi and one of the four roshei yeshiva (deans) of Beth Medrash Govoha (the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood, New Jersey. He shares this post with rabbis Malkiel Kotler, Yerucham Olshin, and Yisroel Neuman.
Dovid Kronglas was an Orthodox Rabbi in Baltimore, Maryland, who was the Mashgiach Ruchni (spiritual supervisor) of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Baltimore, and wrote on Talmudic topics and on Mussar literature. Kronglas was born in Kobryn on May 6, 1908.