Dawna

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194

Peak · girls
1966 · 264 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,017
since 1919

Dawna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dawna has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #579, 1966girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#15,1945
2022—
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2020—
2019—
2018—
2017#14,1246
2016—
2015#13,0067
2014—
2013#16,5475
2012#14,9626
2011—
2010#13,4487
2009#15,2426
2008#10,80710
2007—
2006#9,28612
2005#13,0107
2004#14,1796
2003#11,3258
2002#9,48210
2001#13,5216
2000#9,16310
1999#5,42419
1998#12,4266
1997#4,37024
1996#4,58322
1995#5,01919
1994#4,11525
1993#3,29034
1992#3,58130
1991#3,54030
1990#2,90039
1989#2,65842
1988#2,53942
1987#2,53140
1986#2,26545
1985#2,60137
1984#1,86657
1983#2,04749
1982#1,55176
1981#1,36291
1980#1,31896
1979#1,56973
1978#1,66963
1977#1,60966
1976#1,22592
1975#1,022118
1974#1,023117
1973#1,074107
1972#830159
1971#822169
1970#755195
1969#708200
1968#632233
1967#635227
1966#579264
1965#642233
1964#637258
1963#703210
1962#776180
1961#788177
1960#769175
1959#785168
1958#818152
1957#810156
1956#627234
1955#1,05591
1954#1,10879
1953#1,21363
1952#1,35151
1951#1,15166
1950#1,25953
1949#1,45240
1948#1,37045
1947#1,23853
1946#1,31843
1945#1,26140
1944#1,43332
1943#1,59128
1942#1,27839
1941#1,47228
1940#1,47727
1939#1,79719
1938#1,50525
1937#2,73510
1936#1,69120
1935#1,72020
1934#1,60322
1933#1,77319
1932#2,13015
1931#1,94117
1930#2,42513
1929#2,19115
1928#4,7255
1927#2,55213
1926#2,70812
1925#2,93911
1924#2,97311
1923#3,12510
1922#4,4456
1921#3,16410
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1919#4,2516
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Dawna! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dawna is popular in 1919

No state had 5 or more girls named Dawna in 1919, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Dawna
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 428 spots in 1956 (#1,055 → #627)
  • Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1973 (#830 → #1,074)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1966 at #579 (264 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1956–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,410
  • Highest: 1 in 6,410 girls born in 1966 were named Dawna (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 35.8% of all girls named Dawna (2,157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#4,251 (1919)#4,251
1920s93#2,191 (1929)#3,202
1930s180#1,505 (1938)#1,932
1940s375#1,238 (1947)#1,389
1950s1,113#627 (1956)#1,018
1960s2,157#579 (1966)#687
1970s1,159#755 (1970)#1,160
1980s575#1,318 (1980)#2,074
1990s248#2,900 (1990)#4,925
2000s75#9,163 (2000)#11,779
2010s31#13,006 (2015)#14,417
2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dawna in 1919

girls
#4,251
6 births · 1 in 188,353 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #4,251Dawna6
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 188,353 of them was named Dawna, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dawna
  1. #3,817Zofia7
  2. #3,817Zoila7
  3. #3,817Zuma7
  4. #4,251Dawna6
  5. #4,251Adalee6
  6. #4,251Addis6
  7. #4,251Adelheid6
  8. #4,814Abie5
  9. #4,814Adamae5
  10. #4,814Adie5

Tied with 562 names at #4,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919 →