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How popular is the name Dawood?

Births per year, rank history and how many Dawoods are alive today.

Dawood (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 896th in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2016, when 35 babies were given the name, the 884th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1273 in 2020 before climbing back to the 896th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.

The Dawood you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Dawoods born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 620 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dawood - on average, only one in every 489 such rooms contains a Dawood.

How many babies are named Dawood each year?

0102030200020201996: 31997: 41998: 81999: 112000: 92001: 132002: 112003: 172004: 132005: 182006: 132007: 222008: 142009: 192010: 192011: 272012: 232013: 242014: 202015: 302016: 352017: 332018: 312019: 312020: 202021: 262022: 232023: 242024: 332025: 35actual

Where does Dawood rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,3371998: ranked 1,4851999: ranked 1,1992000: ranked 1,4252001: ranked 1,1352002: ranked 1,3222003: ranked 1,0532004: ranked 1,3472005: ranked 1,1352006: ranked 1,4692007: ranked 1,0792008: ranked 1,5112009: ranked 1,2652010: ranked 1,2892011: ranked 9992012: ranked 1,1522013: ranked 1,0862014: ranked 1,2812015: ranked 9772016: ranked 8842017: ranked 9312018: ranked 9322019: ranked 9292020: ranked 1,2732021: ranked 1,0782022: ranked 1,1792023: ranked 1,1752024: ranked 9452025: ranked 896

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Dawood per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 35 in 2016
Dawood: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Dawood most popular?

Dawood peaked in 2016, when 35 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Dawood?

At least 620 people named Dawood born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Dawood?

Most living Dawoods are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 9.

Is Dawood becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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