Feminine dossier · first seen 1888

Dawn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dawn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.3% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

15,681

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1888Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

99.3%

2024

108

All-time

289,552

Dawn once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 15,681 girls were named Dawn.

In 2024, only 108 girls were given the name.

Down 99.3% from its peak.

All told, about 289,552 Americans have been named Dawn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.3% from peak

197015,681 girls named Dawn

2024108 girls named Dawn

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