Dawnette

Peak · girls
1971 · 54 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
656
since 1951

Dawnette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dawnette has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,686, 1971girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1991#13,1475
1990#12,9585
1989#12,3625
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1987#9,8256
1986#8,5237
1985#8,3187
1984#6,8109
1983#5,82411
1982#5,53412
1981#7,4098
1980#5,91211
1979#3,90319
1978#4,07917
1977#5,53211
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1971#1,68654
1970#1,87746
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1960#3,21215
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1954#5,1486
1953#5,6735
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First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Dawnette! It came in at #4,385, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1952–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Dawnette is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Dawnette in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Dawnette
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1971 at #1,686 (54 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,812
  • Highest: 1 in 30,812 girls born in 1971 were named Dawnette (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 375,001 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 40.2% of all girls named Dawnette (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s68#3,379 (1958)#4,399
1960s264#1,882 (1966)#2,437
1970s238#1,686 (1971)#3,601
1980s76#5,534 (1982)#7,835
1990s10#12,958 (1990)#13,053

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.

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