Dawna
Dawna is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 579th, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1966264 births
- Best rank
- #579in 1966
- Since 1919
- 6,017people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,017 girls have been named Dawna in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 264 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 264 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dawna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 93 | |
| 1930s | 180 | |
| 1940s | 375 | |
| 1950s | 1,113 | |
| 1960s | 2,157 | |
| 1970s | 1,159 | |
| 1980s | 575 | |
| 1990s | 248 | |
| 2000s | 75 | |
| 2010s | 31 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Dawna was the 579th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Dawna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tonettepeak 1967
- Deannpeak 1962
- Dannettepeak 1965
- Lanettepeak 1964
- Treasapeak 1967
- Carlettepeak 1966
- Karinpeak 1970
- Dawnepeak 1965
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.