boys:
946 births since 1970
#3645 (20th percentile)
overall:
946 births since 1970
#6793 (12th percentile)
The name Dawud is the #6,793 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 946 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 12.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,645 (20.5% percentile) for all time with 946 births since 1970.
Dawud first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for boys in 1970).
For boys, Dawud reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #639) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dawud is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #872 (4.3% percentile) with 24 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dawud".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Dawud. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.5% confident that Dawud is pronounced as duh-WUED, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAW-wuhd, at 21.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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