Baby name

Dawna

Girl

Short-lived name

1966 was its best year: 264 births, or 1 baby in 13,165. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 36% of all babies named Dawna since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

6,017births since 1880

1960sgeneration

No. 579rank at its peak, in 1966

Where babies named Dawna are born

1966

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Dawna is most common in California (2.9 times), Pennsylvania (1.6) and Ohio (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Dawn 289,641
Dana 193,555
Danna 25,106
Dayna 14,460
Dawne 2,603
Daina 2,522

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