The name Dawn is of English origin, and means dawn.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dawn has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dawn
Use of the Name Dawn for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
286,551
261,678
26,935
1,626
237
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dawn has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Dawn first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1915, which is the first year shown on the table.
Dawn last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 2000, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dawn
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1915
855
58
1916
895
57
1917
945
54
1918
1919
884
63
1920
788
84
1921
754
94
1922
708
105
1923
644
131
1924
630
142
1925
646
128
1926
526
176
1927
503
193
1928
503
189
1929
441
223
1930
455
220
1931
378
291
1932
355
320
1933
359
307
1934
371
288
1935
312
397
1936
268
512
1937
289
456
1938
288
470
1939
288
467
1940
303
428
1941
278
530
1942
264
676
1943
253
764
1944
268
652
1945
246
748
1946
222
1,041
1947
208
1,272
1948
208
1,234
1949
209
1,286
1950
191
1,409
1951
187
1,535
1952
165
1,884
1953
138
2,635
1954
124
3,354
1955
103
4,216
1956
92
5,125
1957
93
5,159
1958
84
5,674
1959
54
7,896
1960
57
7,815
1961
49
9,140
1962
50
8,971
1963
52
8,416
1964
33
12,616
1965
26
13,331
1966
24
13,596
1967
27
13,165
1968
21
13,432
1969
21
13,766
1970
16
15,674
1971
14
14,272
1972
20
11,340
1973
21
9,890
1974
22
9,415
1975
23
8,745
1976
35
7,054
1977
43
6,089
1978
52
5,216
1979
57
4,730
1980
67
4,480
1981
79
3,831
1982
95
3,092
1983
106
2,636
1984
142
2,106
1985
165
1,730
1986
184
1,453
1987
232
1,152
1988
248
1,062
1989
303
860
1990
359
739
1991
385
670
1992
411
612
1993
498
496
1994
583
390
1995
670
317
1996
789
263
1997
680
318
1998
813
261
1999
917
230
2000
916
237
Totals:
286,551
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Dawn as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Dawn appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 85 times during the last 125 years.