Dawn was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #14 in 1971 but is far less common today.
Dawn is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,174 for girl births in the United States (and #3,940 across all names), given to 85 babies. Dawn was first reported in SSA data in 1888 and peaked in 1970 (15,681 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | 85 | #2,174 | — |
| 2024 | 114 | 114 | #1,857 | #11,251 |
| 2023 | 78 | 78 | #2,340 | — |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | #1,964 | — |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | #2,011 | — |
| 2020 | 83 | 83 | #2,176 | — |
| 2019 | 86 | 86 | #2,160 | — |
| 2018 | 100 | 100 | #1,969 | — |
| 2017 | 105 | 105 | #1,918 | — |
| 2016 | 85 | 85 | #2,252 | — |
| 2015 | 99 | 99 | #1,999 | — |
| 2014 | 94 | 94 | #2,074 | — |
| 2013 | 78 | 78 | #2,350 | — |
| 2012 | 90 | 90 | #2,118 | — |
| 2011 | 94 | 94 | #2,059 | — |
| 2010 | 92 | 92 | #2,138 | — |
| 2009 | 113 | 113 | #1,868 | — |
| 2008 | 114 | 114 | #1,867 | — |
| 2007 | 122 | 122 | #1,762 | — |
| 2006 | 130 | 130 | #1,630 | — |
| 2005 | 125 | 125 | #1,616 | — |
| 2004 | 157 | 157 | #1,352 | — |
| 2003 | 200 | 200 | #1,101 | — |
| 2002 | 197 | 197 | #1,079 | — |
| 2001 | 179 | 179 | #1,162 | — |
| 2000 | 240 | 240 | #910 | — |
| 1999 | 231 | 231 | #915 | — |
| 1998 | 264 | 264 | #806 | — |
| 1997 | 318 | — | #681 | — |
| 1996 | 260 | — | #795 | — |
| 1995 | 324 | — | #668 | #9,171 |
| 1994 | 397 | — | #583 | #7,991 |
| 1993 | 497 | — | #498 | — |
| 1992 | 619 | — | #412 | #7,654 |
| 1991 | 675 | — | #385 | #7,489 |
| 1990 | 749 | — | #361 | #5,471 |
| 1989 | 863 | — | #306 | #7,182 |
| 1988 | 1,061 | — | #248 | — |
| 1987 | 1,162 | — | #231 | #5,068 |
| 1986 | 1,463 | — | #184 | #3,933 |
| 1985 | 1,739 | — | #165 | #4,406 |
| 1984 | 2,116 | — | #142 | #3,760 |
| 1983 | 2,659 | — | #106 | #2,598 |
| 1982 | 3,102 | — | #95 | #3,147 |
| 1981 | 3,859 | — | #79 | #2,431 |
| 1980 | 4,496 | — | #67 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 4,749 | — | #57 | #2,118 |
| 1978 | 5,248 | — | #52 | #1,730 |
| 1977 | 6,118 | — | #43 | #2,140 |
| 1976 | 7,070 | — | #35 | #2,127 |
| 1975 | 8,798 | — | #23 | #1,150 |
| 1974 | 9,453 | — | #22 | #1,443 |
| 1973 | 9,929 | — | #21 | #1,332 |
| 1972 | 11,382 | — | #20 | #1,292 |
| 1971 | 14,328 | — | #14 | #1,335 |
| 1970 | 15,724 | — | #16 | #1,266 |
| 1969 | 13,819 | — | #21 | #1,088 |
| 1968 | 13,470 | — | #21 | #1,459 |
| 1967 | 13,210 | — | #27 | #1,138 |
| 1966 | 13,634 | — | #24 | #1,379 |
| 1965 | 13,375 | — | #26 | #1,390 |
| 1964 | 12,650 | — | #33 | #1,291 |
| 1963 | 8,437 | — | #52 | #1,599 |
| 1962 | 9,006 | — | #50 | #1,720 |
| 1961 | 9,170 | — | #49 | #1,745 |
| 1960 | 7,836 | — | #57 | #1,701 |
| 1959 | 7,923 | — | #54 | #1,599 |
| 1958 | 5,699 | — | #84 | #1,562 |
| 1957 | 5,170 | — | #93 | #2,521 |
| 1956 | 5,139 | — | #92 | #2,528 |
| 1955 | 4,225 | — | #103 | #2,812 |
| 1954 | 3,366 | — | #124 | #2,628 |
| 1953 | 2,648 | — | #138 | #2,963 |
| 1952 | 1,890 | — | #166 | #3,444 |
| 1951 | 1,539 | — | #188 | #3,423 |
| 1950 | 1,411 | — | #191 | — |
| 1949 | 1,285 | — | #209 | — |
| 1948 | 1,241 | — | #208 | — |
| 1947 | 1,275 | — | #208 | #3,447 |
| 1946 | 1,040 | — | #223 | — |
| 1945 | 750 | — | #246 | #3,421 |
| 1944 | 654 | — | #268 | — |
| 1943 | 770 | — | #253 | #3,653 |
| 1942 | 681 | — | #266 | #3,290 |
| 1941 | 537 | — | #278 | #2,930 |
| 1940 | 436 | — | #303 | #2,520 |
| 1939 | 468 | — | #288 | — |
| 1938 | 480 | — | #288 | #2,520 |
| 1937 | 465 | — | #288 | #2,727 |
| 1936 | 512 | — | #268 | — |
| 1935 | 398 | — | #311 | — |
| 1934 | 295 | — | #372 | #3,039 |
| 1933 | 313 | — | #359 | #3,350 |
| 1932 | 325 | — | #356 | #3,460 |
| 1931 | 299 | — | #379 | #2,909 |
| 1930 | 221 | — | #453 | — |
| 1929 | 228 | — | #441 | #4,092 |
| 1928 | 188 | — | #503 | — |
| 1927 | 199 | — | #502 | #4,338 |
| 1926 | 180 | — | #528 | #4,345 |
| 1925 | 135 | — | #639 | #4,354 |
| 1924 | 141 | — | #633 | — |
| 1923 | 138 | — | #644 | #3,544 |
| 1922 | 104 | — | #713 | — |
| 1921 | 94 | — | #753 | — |
| 1920 | 84 | — | #787 | — |
| 1919 | 63 | — | #884 | — |
| 1918 | 49 | — | #1,035 | — |
| 1917 | 54 | — | #946 | — |
| 1916 | 57 | — | #894 | — |
| 1915 | 58 | — | #856 | — |
| 1914 | 30 | — | #1,103 | — |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,694 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | — | #1,317 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,820 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,808 | — |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,572 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,880 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,785 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,006 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,952 | — |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #1,320 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,539 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #1,196 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #1,120 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,330 | — |