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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #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
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2023#15,1945
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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 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #179 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsNHWashington: #338 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,015 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedWIMichigan: #756 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,301 girlsMINew York: #1,148 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 21,960 girlsNYMassachusetts: #471 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,749 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedRIOregon: #298 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,683 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedIAIndiana: #493 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,371 girlsINOhio: #487 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,502 girlsOHPennsylvania: #742 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,282 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #487 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 3,674 girlsCAUtah: #327 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,726 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedNEMissouri: #572 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,285 girlsMOKentucky: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,356 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedVAMaryland: #427 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,030 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedNMKansas: #352 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,566 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #292 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,702 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedHITexas: #619 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,328 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dawna, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#179 · 1 in 1,009
  2. Oklahoma#292 · 1 in 1,702
  3. Oregon#298 · 1 in 1,683
  4. Utah#327 · 1 in 1,726
  5. Washington#338 · 1 in 2,015

Best ever in a state: #153 in Maine, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#17951 in 1,009
Oklahoma#292101 in 1,702
Oregon#29881 in 1,683
Utah#32751 in 1,726
Washington#338111 in 2,015
Kansas#35261 in 2,566
Maryland#42771 in 4,030
Massachusetts#47171 in 6,749
Kentucky#48251 in 5,356
California#487441 in 3,674
Ohio#487161 in 5,502
Indiana#49381 in 5,371
Missouri#57251 in 7,285
Texas#619181 in 5,328
Pennsylvania#74271 in 13,282
Michigan#75661 in 12,301
New York#1,14871 in 21,960
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1965

girls
#642
233 births · 1 in 7,576 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #642Dawna233
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 7,576 of them was named Dawna, which outranked 91.5% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dawna
  1. #639Barbra236
  2. #640Gale234
  3. #640Myrna234
  4. #642Dawna233
  5. #642Sharron233
  6. #644Nikki232
  7. #644Tena232
  8. #646Maribel230

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →