Feminine dossier · first seen 1919

Dawna

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1966

Peak era

1966

Peak rank proxy

264

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen X

1919Peak 19662024

Peak year

1966

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

6,017

Dawna is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1966, when 264 girls were named Dawna.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 6,017 Americans have been named Dawna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1919.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1966

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