Baby name

Dawn

Girl

Origin of the name

Dawn comes from the English word dawn, daybreak.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1970, with 15,681 births and the No. 16 spot that year. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 99% below the peak. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 2173. 39% of all babies named Dawn since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

289,641births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 16rank at its peak, in 1970

Where babies named Dawn are born

1970

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The darker the blue, the more common Dawn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Dawn is most common in Delaware (2.2 times), Wisconsin (2.1) and South Dakota (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Dawna 6,017
Fawn 5,635
Dawne 2,603
Dann 1,145

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