Dawn
Rank in 2025
#2173
recorded as girls
Down 321 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
85
girls 85
Peak year
1970
15,681 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
290,680
since 1888
Born a Dawn? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dawn was most popular in 1970, when 15,681 babies recorded as girls got the name (9.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 85 babies were named Dawn, ranking #2173 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | 2173 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 108 | 1852 | 6 | 10938 |
| 2023 | 78 | 2336 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 100 | 1961 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 96 | 2007 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 83 | 2170 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 86 | 2155 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 100 | 1968 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 105 | 1917 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 85 | 2247 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 99 | 1996 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 94 | 2071 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 78 | 2344 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 90 | 2115 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 94 | 2058 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 92 | 2136 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 113 | 1866 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 114 | 1865 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 122 | 1760 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 130 | 1627 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 125 | 1615 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 157 | 1352 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 200 | 1100 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 197 | 1077 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 179 | 1161 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 240 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 231 | 914 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 264 | 805 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 318 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 260 | 795 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 319 | 668 | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | 391 | 582 | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | 497 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 613 | 411 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | 669 | 385 | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | 740 | 360 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 857 | 306 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 1,061 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 1,154 | 231 | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | 1,452 | 184 | 11 | 3882 |
| 1985 | 1,730 | 165 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | 2,105 | 142 | 11 | 3701 |
| 1983 | 2,641 | 106 | 18 | 2577 |
| 1982 | 3,088 | 95 | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | 3,839 | 79 | 20 | 2418 |
| 1980 | 4,479 | 67 | 17 | 2729 |
| 1979 | 4,725 | 57 | 24 | 2104 |
| 1978 | 5,217 | 52 | 31 | 1718 |
| 1977 | 6,096 | 43 | 22 | 2131 |
| 1976 | 7,048 | 35 | 22 | 2113 |
| 1975 | 8,744 | 23 | 54 | 1146 |
| 1974 | 9,417 | 22 | 36 | 1439 |
| 1973 | 9,890 | 21 | 39 | 1329 |
| 1972 | 11,340 | 20 | 42 | 1285 |
| 1971 | 14,288 | 14 | 40 | 1330 |
| 1970 | 15,681 | 16 | 43 | 1260 |
| 1969 | 13,768 | 21 | 51 | 1086 |
| 1968 | 13,441 | 21 | 29 | 1455 |
| 1967 | 13,167 | 27 | 43 | 1132 |
| 1966 | 13,603 | 24 | 31 | 1373 |
| 1965 | 13,344 | 26 | 31 | 1386 |
| 1964 | 12,613 | 33 | 37 | 1288 |
| 1963 | 8,412 | 52 | 25 | 1585 |
| 1962 | 8,984 | 50 | 22 | 1713 |
| 1961 | 9,148 | 49 | 22 | 1731 |
| 1960 | 7,813 | 57 | 23 | 1692 |
| 1959 | 7,898 | 54 | 25 | 1588 |
| 1958 | 5,674 | 84 | 25 | 1557 |
| 1957 | 5,159 | 93 | 11 | 2494 |
| 1956 | 5,128 | 92 | 11 | 2497 |
| 1955 | 4,216 | 103 | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | 3,356 | 124 | 10 | 2592 |
| 1953 | 2,640 | 138 | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | 1,884 | 166 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 1,533 | 188 | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | 1,411 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,285 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,241 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,269 | 208 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | 1,040 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 745 | 246 | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | 654 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 765 | 253 | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | 675 | 266 | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | 530 | 278 | 7 | 2872 |
| 1940 | 427 | 303 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 468 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 471 | 288 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1937 | 457 | 288 | 8 | 2680 |
| 1936 | 512 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 398 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 288 | 372 | 7 | 2973 |
| 1933 | 307 | 359 | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | 319 | 356 | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | 291 | 379 | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | 221 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 223 | 441 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 188 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 194 | 502 | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | 175 | 528 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 130 | 639 | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | 141 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 131 | 642 | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | 104 | 711 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 94 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 84 | 787 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 63 | 882 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 49 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 54 | 945 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 57 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 58 | 856 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 30 | 1098 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 13 | 1670 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | 1297 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | 1773 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 8 | 1547 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | 1821 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | 1727 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | 1877 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 7 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | 1485 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | 1276 | <5 | — |
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Names like Dawn
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Where Dawn is most popular
- Texas2.5×
- California2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years