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Dawn

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~260,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,173 among girls
Births in 2025
85 290,680 since 1880
Typical age
57 years, median

Dawn popularity over time

Dawn rank by birth year, 1888–2025Dawn ranked #1,276 in 1888 and #2,173 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1971.#100#1,000#2,173best #14 in 197118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1888–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1970 is the peak year for Dawn, with 15,724 births. 1888 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Across the record, 27 years put Dawn in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #2,173, on 85 births. Year on year the rank dropped by 321.

Babies named Dawn per yearPeaks at 15,724 births in 1970.15,724 in 1970018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Dawn?

An estimated 260,500 living Americans are called Dawn. SSA has recorded 290,680 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Dawn?

The typical living Dawn is 57 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Dawn a late 20th-century name.

Your Dawn

Ages of living people named DawnHalf of living Dawns are older than 57 and half younger.median 57020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Dawn is most common

The name is concentrated in Georgia, at 1.4× the national rate.

Where Dawn is used more than average2 states use the name Dawn more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.4× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.3× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Dawn is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Georgia 36 1.4×
Texas 120 1.3×

Dawn in England and Wales

ONS recorded 7 births named Dawn in 2025, ranking it #3,333.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Dawn comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from English.

Notable people named Dawn

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Dawn Fraser Australian swimmer and politician 1937 39
Dawn French British actress, comedian and writer 1957 33
Dawn Wells American actress 1938–2020 26
Dawn Harper-Nelson American hurdler 1984 25
Dawn Staley American basketball player and coach 1970 24
Dawn Olivieri American actress 1981 20
Dawn Addams British actress 1930–1985 19
Dawn Upshaw American soprano 1960 18
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Dawn

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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