girl's name

Dawna

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 6,058

Scotland

#326

1975 births

Dawna is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1966, when 264 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1919.

Dawna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

2,157
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Dawna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
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 (to 2023) 5

How popular is Dawna?

In 2023, Dawna was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Dawna is used

Scotland #326 7 in 1975
Canada #3,031 6 in 2021
United States #15,669 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dawna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dawna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dawna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Dawna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dawna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dawna

How popular is the name Dawna?

In 2023, Dawna was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Dawna a girl's or a boy's name?

Dawna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Dawna most popular?

Dawna peaked in 1966, when 264 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.