Dawna
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 264 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,017since 1919
Dawna over time
Rank among girls' names. Dawna has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 |
| 1984 | #1,866 | 57 |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 |
| 1982 | #1,551 | 76 |
| 1981 | #1,362 | 91 |
| 1980 | #1,318 | 96 |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 |
| 1977 | #1,609 | 66 |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 92 |
| 1975 | #1,022 | 118 |
| 1974 | #1,023 | 117 |
| 1973 | #1,074 | 107 |
| 1972 | #830 | 159 |
| 1971 | #822 | 169 |
| 1970 | #755 | 195 |
| 1969 | #708 | 200 |
| 1968 | #632 | 233 |
| 1967 | #635 | 227 |
| 1966 | #579 | 264 |
| 1965 | #642 | 233 |
| 1964 | #637 | 258 |
| 1963 | #703 | 210 |
| 1962 | #776 | 180 |
| 1961 | #788 | 177 |
| 1960 | #769 | 175 |
| 1959 | #785 | 168 |
| 1958 | #818 | 152 |
| 1957 | #810 | 156 |
| 1956 | #627 | 234 |
| 1955 | #1,055 | 91 |
| 1954 | #1,108 | 79 |
| 1953 | #1,213 | 63 |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,259 | 53 |
| 1949 | #1,452 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 |
| 1945 | #1,261 | 40 |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#277 · 1 in 2,012
- Utah#320 · 1 in 1,766
- Massachusetts#393 · 1 in 5,402
- Washington#407 · 1 in 3,476
- Kansas#441 · 1 in 4,065
Best ever in a state: #153 in Maine, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #277 | 5 | 1 in 2,012 |
| Utah | #320 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Massachusetts | #393 | 10 | 1 in 5,402 |
| Washington | #407 | 8 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Kansas | #441 | 5 | 1 in 4,065 |
| California | #583 | 30 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Pennsylvania | #651 | 10 | 1 in 11,105 |
| Ohio | #685 | 10 | 1 in 10,424 |
| Texas | #841 | 11 | 1 in 10,160 |
| New York | #963 | 9 | 1 in 18,663 |
| Illinois | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 21,325 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1966 at #579 (264 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1956–1972
- 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%)
- 35.8% of all girls named Dawna (2,157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 93 | #2,191 (1929) | #3,202 |
| 1930s | 180 | #1,505 (1938) | #1,932 |
| 1940s | 375 | #1,238 (1947) | #1,389 |
| 1950s | 1,113 | #627 (1956) | #1,018 |
| 1960s | 2,157 | #579 (1966) | #687 |
| 1970s | 1,159 | #755 (1970) | #1,160 |
| 1980s | 575 | #1,318 (1980) | #2,074 |
| 1990s | 248 | #2,900 (1990) | #4,925 |
| 2000s | 75 | #9,163 (2000) | #11,779 |
| 2010s | 31 | #13,006 (2015) | #14,417 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 11,404 of them was named Dawna, which outranked 89.5% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).