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.

Dawson

#486 most common boys' name of all time · #1,048 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among boys
#486
Rank overall
#1,048 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
54,199
Since 2016
22,059
Peak year
1999 #136
Best rank
#136 1999
Girls Boys peak 2,834/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Dawson first appears in 1885. 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 81 2,487 2,568 #143
2024 90 2,587 2,677 #139
2023 100 2,451 2,551 #149
2022 94 2,047 2,141 #184
2021 99 1,832 1,931 #207
2020 73 1,918 1,991 #197
2019 82 1,960 2,042 #202
2018 98 2,101 2,199 #194
2017 64 2,018 2,082 #196
2016 82 1,795 1,877 #216
2015 66 1,594 1,660 #238
2014 44 1,083 1,127 #320
2013 32 1,036 1,068 #320
2012 32 1,036 1,068 #316
2011 24 1,012 1,036 #315
2010 23 1,168 1,191 #289
2009 27 1,154 1,181 #284
2008 24 1,292 1,316 #269
2007 20 1,409 1,429 #250
2006 26 1,550 1,576 #233
2005 19 1,600 1,619 #221
2004 25 1,763 1,788 #206
2003 27 1,805 1,832 #204
2002 32 1,953 1,985 #194
2001 24 2,030 2,054 #183
2000 37 2,312 2,349 #168
1999 32 2,802 2,834 #136
1998 20 1,895 1,915 #175
1997 — 209 209 #734
1996 — 195 195 #757
1995 — 149 149 #897
1994 — 158 158 #854
1993 — 117 117 #1,017
1992 — 85 85 #1,222
1991 — 75 75 #1,300
1990 — 65 65 #1,385
1989 — 67 67 #1,339
1988 — 47 47 #1,558
1987 — 44 44 #1,594
1986 — 28 28 #2,064
1985 — 34 34 #1,770
1984 — 32 32 #1,774
1983 — 19 19 #2,506
1982 — 31 31 #1,822
1981 — 23 23 #2,219
1980 — 29 29 #1,920
1979 — 23 23 #2,177
1978 — 18 18 #2,487
1977 — 17 17 #2,579
1976 — 24 24 #2,012
1975 — 18 18 #2,380
1974 — 36 36 #1,454
1973 — 20 20 #2,063
1972 — 14 14 #2,557
1971 — 16 16 #2,390
1970 — 25 25 #1,755
1969 — 15 15 #2,238
1968 — 20 20 #1,801
1967 — 12 12 #2,381
1966 — 16 16 #1,986
1965 — 12 12 #2,395
1964 — 11 11 #2,574
1963 — 21 21 #1,764
1962 — 19 19 #1,863
1961 — 16 16 #2,090
1960 — 17 17 #1,986
1959 — 17 17 #1,995
1958 — 21 21 #1,742
1957 — 27 27 #1,526
1956 — 16 16 #2,038
1955 — 16 16 #1,994
1954 — 23 23 #1,611
1953 — 27 27 #1,466
1952 — 26 26 #1,490
1951 — 32 32 #1,312
1950 — 28 28 #1,375
1949 — 31 31 #1,311
1948 — 39 39 #1,151
1947 — 40 40 #1,156
1946 — 22 22 #1,534
1945 — 16 16 #1,727
1944 — 28 28 #1,270
1943 — 20 20 #1,598
1942 — 21 21 #1,553
1941 — 17 17 #1,717
1940 — 30 30 #1,240
1939 — 32 32 #1,150
1938 — 13 13 #2,005
1937 — 26 26 #1,327
1936 — 29 29 #1,237
1935 — 27 27 #1,311
1934 — 16 16 #1,814
1933 — 20 20 #1,554
1932 — 18 18 #1,742
1931 — 28 28 #1,313
1930 — 22 22 #1,573
1929 — 23 23 #1,543
1928 — 34 34 #1,241
1927 — 22 22 #1,659
1926 — 27 27 #1,411
1925 — 31 31 #1,320
1924 — 35 35 #1,234
1923 — 28 28 #1,400
1922 — 35 35 #1,233
1921 — 36 36 #1,210
1920 — 33 33 #1,264
1919 — 27 27 #1,398
1918 — 28 28 #1,362
1917 — 30 30 #1,253
1916 — 24 24 #1,438
1915 — 30 30 #1,199
1914 — 24 24 #1,207
1913 — 19 19 #1,190
1912 — 14 14 #1,304
1911 — 13 13 #965
1910 — 11 11 #1,026
1909 — 6 6 #1,375
1907 — 6 6 #1,281
1905 — 5 5 #1,333
1904 — 10 10 #804
1901 — 6 6 #1,028
1900 — 5 5 #1,419
1898 — 5 5 #1,228
1891 — 7 7 #833
1890 — 7 7 #874
1889 — 5 5 #1,082
1888 — 8 8 #810
1887 — 8 8 #748
1885 — 5 5 #1,060