Johndavid
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Johndavid is two of the most-used men's names in the English-speaking world, written as one. The double name is a Southern American tradition, and closing it up is what happens when a form offers only one box.
How old is the name Johndavid?
Johndavid first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Johndavid alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,200 people named Johndavid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Johndavid most popular?
Johndavid peaked in 1982, reaching #2166 nationally. Today it ranks #3240, 1,074 places below that high. See the whole 1982 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yohanan to Johndavid
The story of Johndavid
The American South has long used double first names — Mary Beth, Billy Ray, John David — as a single unit, said together and never separated. What is newer is writing them closed up, a habit encouraged by forms and databases that provide one field for a given name and discard whatever will not fit. Johndavid, Johnpaul and Johnmichael all appear in American records for exactly that reason.
Meaning
God is gracious; beloved
John is from Hebrew Yohanan, God is gracious; David is from Hebrew Dawid, generally read as beloved. Both are among the best-documented names in existence and each stands alone throughout the English-speaking world.
How the name formed
- Yohanan
- John
- John David
- Johndavid
Related forms: John David · Juan David
Pronouncing Johndavid
JON-DAY-vid
Three syllables with a stress on the first and the second. Said as two names run together, not as one word.
Nicknames for Johndavid
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most boys named
- 200743 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2166reached in 1982
- Change vs 2024
- +56.5%36 in 2025, from 23
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Johndavid in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- John David in English — same name
- Juan David in Spanish — same name
Johndavids among us
people named Johndavid are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 47,447 born in 2025 was named Johndavid
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Augustino test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Johndavid's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Augustino climbed just as high around 1918, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Augustino's path sketches the road Johndavid is walking now.
Johndavid sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Johndavid is headed
Johndavid should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Johndavid beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Johndavid in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are among the most recognized names in the language, so nothing needs explaining.
- JD is a ready short form already in universal use.
- Written as one word, it survives forms that discard a second given name.
- Systems and teachers will split it back into John David, or drop David entirely.
- Nine letters in one field is awkward, and the capital D is often lost.
- It reads as a typing error to people meeting it cold.
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Frequently asked
- How many Johndavids are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Johndavid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Johndavid in 2025?
- Johndavid ranks #3240 among US boy names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Johndavid?
- About 1 in every 47,447 US boys born in 2025 was named Johndavid — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Johndavid with classmates?
- Johndavid will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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