Dawan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- duh-WAHN
- Origin
- Modern
Dawan is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Dawan come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, compare Juwan
Is Dawan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dawan is a boys' name.
How popular is Dawan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the boys named Dawan in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1983, 29% of the babies named Dawan in the US were girls.
Dawan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
Names like Dawan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brennan Devin Dylan Declan Keenan Kenan Conan Brayden Kayden Kylan Logan
Names related to Dawan
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dawan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dawan, updated 20 October 2026.