Dawson
#2,256 for girls in 2025, 81 births · #143 for boys in 2025, 2,487 births
Given to boys 97.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 2,802 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 52,802since 1885
Dawson over time
Rank among boys' names. Dawson has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,256 | 81 | #143 | 2,487 |
| 2024 | #2,118 | 90 | #139 | 2,587 |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #149 | 2,451 |
| 2022 | #2,048 | 94 | #184 | 2,047 |
| 2021 | #1,971 | 99 | #207 | 1,832 |
| 2020 | #2,394 | 73 | #197 | 1,918 |
| 2019 | #2,231 | 82 | #202 | 1,960 |
| 2018 | #1,997 | 98 | #194 | 2,101 |
| 2017 | #2,689 | 64 | #196 | 2,018 |
| 2016 | #2,308 | 82 | #216 | 1,795 |
| 2015 | #2,685 | 66 | #238 | 1,594 |
| 2014 | #3,549 | 44 | #320 | 1,083 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | #320 | 1,036 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #316 | 1,036 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #315 | 1,012 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #289 | 1,168 |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | #284 | 1,154 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #269 | 1,292 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #250 | 1,409 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | #233 | 1,550 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #221 | 1,600 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #206 | 1,763 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #204 | 1,805 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #193 | 1,953 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #183 | 2,030 |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | #168 | 2,312 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | #136 | 2,802 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | #175 | 1,895 |
| 1997 | — | #734 | 209 | |
| 1996 | — | #757 | 195 | |
| 1995 | — | #896 | 149 | |
| 1994 | — | #853 | 158 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,015 | 117 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,221 | 85 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,297 | 75 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,383 | 65 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,336 | 67 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,553 | 47 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,057 | 28 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,764 | 32 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,815 | 31 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,439 | 36 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,744 | 21 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,852 | 19 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,455 | 27 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,485 | 26 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,364 | 28 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,297 | 31 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,148 | 40 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,313 | 26 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,228 | 34 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,404 | 27 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,304 | 31 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,223 | 35 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,222 | 35 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,199 | 36 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,386 | 27 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,343 | 28 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,188 | 24 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,173 | 19 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Dawson! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dawson
- 4 spots since 2024 (#139 → #143)
- 54 spots since 2020 (#197 → #143)
- 95 spots since 2015 (#238 → #143)
- Biggest jump: 559 spots in 1998 (#734 → #175)
- Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1905 (#760 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1999 at #136 (2,802 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 666 boys born in 2024 were named Dawson (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 687 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
- Its best rank, #136 in 1999, was only 1 in 685 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.9% of all boys named Dawson (16,868) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #679 (1887) | #836 |
| 1890s | 19 | #766 (1891) | #900 |
| 1900s | 38 | #760 (1904) | #1,121 |
| 1910s | 220 | #925 (1911) | #1,210 |
| 1920s | 304 | #1,199 (1921) | #1,339 |
| 1930s | 231 | #1,141 (1939) | #1,485 |
| 1940s | 264 | #1,145 (1948) | #1,408 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,295 (1951) | #1,640 |
| 1960s | 159 | #1,744 (1963) | #2,087 |
| 1970s | 211 | #1,439 (1974) | #2,166 |
| 1980s | 354 | #1,336 (1989) | #1,848 |
| 1990s | 5,750 | #136 (1999) | #847 |
| 2000s | 16,868 | #168 (2000) | #221 |
| 2010s | 14,803 | #194 (2018) | #261 |
| 2020s | 13,322 | #139 (2024) | #170 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dawson in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 75,026 of them was named Dawson, which outranked 73.1% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,688Uriah25
- #4,688Vickie25
- #4,688Zakaria25
- #4,834Dawson24
- #4,834Adrienna24
- #4,834Aila24
- #4,834Alaisha24
- #5,009Aaryn23
- #5,009Aashna23
- #5,009Adama23
Tied with 174 names at #4,834; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 957 of them was named Dawson, which outranked 98.5% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.