Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dawn

#138 most common girls' name of all time · #272 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1888–2025

Rank among girls
#138
Rank overall
#272 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
290,680
Since 2016
932
Peak year
1970 #16
Best rank
#14 1971
📖The word “dawn” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 15,724/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Dawn first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 85 — 85 #2,175
2024 108 6 114 #1,853
2023 78 — 78 #2,340
2022 100 — 100 #1,966
2021 96 — 96 #2,009
2020 83 — 83 #2,175
2019 86 — 86 #2,156
2018 100 — 100 #1,970
2017 105 — 105 #1,917
2016 85 — 85 #2,250
2015 99 — 99 #2,000
2014 94 — 94 #2,073
2013 78 — 78 #2,350
2012 90 — 90 #2,118
2011 94 — 94 #2,062
2010 92 — 92 #2,137
2009 113 — 113 #1,866
2008 114 — 114 #1,867
2007 122 — 122 #1,760
2006 130 — 130 #1,630
2005 125 — 125 #1,616
2004 157 — 157 #1,352
2003 200 — 200 #1,102
2002 197 — 197 #1,079
2001 179 — 179 #1,162
2000 240 — 240 #911
1999 231 — 231 #917
1998 264 — 264 #807
1997 318 — 318 #681
1996 260 — 260 #795
1995 319 5 324 #668
1994 391 6 397 #583
1993 497 — 497 #498
1992 613 6 619 #411
1991 669 6 675 #385
1990 740 9 749 #360
1989 857 6 863 #306
1988 1,061 — 1,061 #248
1987 1,154 8 1,162 #231
1986 1,452 11 1,463 #184
1985 1,730 9 1,739 #165
1984 2,105 11 2,116 #142
1983 2,641 18 2,659 #106
1982 3,088 14 3,102 #95
1981 3,839 20 3,859 #79
1980 4,479 17 4,496 #67
1979 4,725 24 4,749 #57
1978 5,217 31 5,248 #52
1977 6,096 22 6,118 #43
1976 7,048 22 7,070 #35
1975 8,744 54 8,798 #23
1974 9,417 36 9,453 #22
1973 9,890 39 9,929 #21
1972 11,340 42 11,382 #20
1971 14,288 40 14,328 #14
1970 15,681 43 15,724 #16
1969 13,768 51 13,819 #21
1968 13,441 29 13,470 #21
1967 13,167 43 13,210 #27
1966 13,603 31 13,634 #24
1965 13,344 31 13,375 #26
1964 12,613 37 12,650 #33
1963 8,412 25 8,437 #52
1962 8,984 22 9,006 #50
1961 9,148 22 9,170 #49
1960 7,813 23 7,836 #57
1959 7,898 25 7,923 #54
1958 5,674 25 5,699 #84
1957 5,159 11 5,170 #93
1956 5,128 11 5,139 #92
1955 4,216 9 4,225 #103
1954 3,356 10 3,366 #124
1953 2,640 8 2,648 #138
1952 1,884 6 1,890 #166
1951 1,533 6 1,539 #188
1950 1,411 — 1,411 #191
1949 1,285 — 1,285 #209
1948 1,241 — 1,241 #208
1947 1,269 6 1,275 #208
1946 1,040 — 1,040 #223
1945 745 5 750 #246
1944 654 — 654 #268
1943 765 5 770 #253
1942 675 6 681 #266
1941 530 7 537 #278
1940 427 9 436 #304
1939 468 — 468 #288
1938 471 9 480 #289
1937 457 8 465 #288
1936 512 — 512 #268
1935 398 — 398 #311
1934 288 7 295 #373
1933 307 6 313 #360
1932 319 6 325 #356
1931 291 8 299 #379
1930 221 — 221 #454
1929 223 5 228 #441
1928 188 — 188 #503
1927 194 5 199 #503
1926 175 5 180 #529
1925 130 5 135 #642
1924 141 — 141 #634
1923 131 7 138 #645
1922 104 — 104 #715
1921 94 — 94 #756
1920 84 — 84 #790
1919 63 — 63 #887
1918 49 — 49 #1,036
1917 54 — 54 #950
1916 57 — 57 #899
1915 58 — 58 #863
1914 30 — 30 #1,110
1913 13 — 13 #1,709
1912 17 — 17 #1,330
1911 8 — 8 #1,855
1910 8 — 8 #1,849
1908 8 — 8 #1,608
1907 6 — 6 #1,912
1906 6 — 6 #1,828
1905 5 — 5 #2,032
1904 5 — 5 #1,988
1896 7 — 7 #1,370
1894 5 — 5 #1,597
1892 7 — 7 #1,260
1890 7 — 7 #1,199
1888 5 — 5 #1,416