Dawne
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 124 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,603since 1926
Dawne over time
Rank among girls' names. Dawne has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 |
| 1971 | #1,125 | 104 |
| 1970 | #1,017 | 122 |
| 1969 | #1,087 | 104 |
| 1968 | #1,074 | 97 |
| 1967 | #1,103 | 89 |
| 1966 | #1,102 | 91 |
| 1965 | #904 | 124 |
| 1964 | #1,009 | 113 |
| 1963 | #1,163 | 88 |
| 1962 | #985 | 118 |
| 1961 | #1,060 | 107 |
| 1960 | #1,165 | 87 |
| 1959 | #1,160 | 84 |
| 1958 | #1,240 | 73 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 |
| 1955 | #1,320 | 58 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dawne! It came in at #4,851, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dawne is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#606 · 1 in 8,337
- New Jersey#678 · 1 in 11,438
- Michigan#849 · 1 in 18,025
- New York#896 · 1 in 16,838
Best ever in a state: #170 in Rhode Island, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #606 | 13 | 1 in 8,337 |
| New Jersey | #678 | 5 | 1 in 11,438 |
| Michigan | #849 | 5 | 1 in 18,025 |
| New York | #896 | 10 | 1 in 16,838 |
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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 Dawne
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Biggest jump: 105 spots in 1965 (#1,009 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1966 (#904 → #1,102)
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1965 at #904 (124 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1962–1965
- Highest: 1 in 14,235 girls born in 1965 were named Dawne (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,626 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- 39.1% of all girls named Dawne (1,018) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 30 | #3,137 (1929) | #3,757 |
| 1930s | 90 | #2,305 (1935) | #3,062 |
| 1940s | 245 | #1,532 (1946) | #1,900 |
| 1950s | 512 | #1,160 (1959) | #1,482 |
| 1960s | 1,018 | #904 (1965) | #1,065 |
| 1970s | 565 | #1,017 (1970) | #2,060 |
| 1980s | 117 | #3,436 (1981) | #6,154 |
| 1990s | 26 | #9,336 (1991) | #11,076 |
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.
Dawne in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 24,089 of them was named Dawne, which outranked 83.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,149Tamala86
- #1,149Vernice86
- #1,159Sheilah85
- #1,160Dawne84
- #1,160Cinthia84
- #1,160Joi84
- #1,160Trisha84
- #1,165Alta83
- #1,165Deeann83
- #1,165Glinda83
Tied with 4 names at #1,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.