Fawn
Fawn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 763rd, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1981206 births
- Best rank
- #763in 1977
- Since 1900
- 5,615people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,615 girls have been named Fawn in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 206 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1980s alone account for 26%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Fawn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 92 | |
| 1920s | 127 | |
| 1930s | 84 | |
| 1940s | 107 | |
| 1950s | 548 | |
| 1960s | 1,095 | |
| 1970s | 1,393 | |
| 1980s | 1,433 | |
| 1990s | 331 | |
| 2000s | 139 | |
| 2010s | 154 | |
| 2020s | 106 |
In 1981, its biggest year
Fawn was the 788th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Fawn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adrianepeak 1983
- Charitapeak 1981
- Cheritapeak 1980
- Karipeak 1975
- Candiepeak 1984
- Kandipeak 1981
- Candipeak 1980
- Hollypeak 1983
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.