Dawn
#138 most common girls' name of all time · #272 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · 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
Girls
Boys
peak 15,724/yr
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |