Dawn
Girl · English
Dawn is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).
What does Dawn mean?
English
A female given name from English, sometimes given to a girl born at dawn.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Dawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Dawn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 85 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dawn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Dawn, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 56 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dawn in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#86), 1964 (#25), 1974 (#35) and 1984 (#90).
Dawn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 31 | #854 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 32 | #792 |
| 1999 | 37 | #704 |
| 1998 | 41 | #668 |
| 1997 | 45 | #632 |
| 1996 | 56 | #523 |
How popular is Dawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,173among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Dawn, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 15,681 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Dawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,173 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,336 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,961 |
| 2021 | 96 | #2,007 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2014 | 94 | #2,071 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 90 | #2,115 |
| 2011 | 94 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,136 |
| 2009 | 113 | #1,866 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,865 |
| 2007 | 122 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,627 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,614 |
| 2004 | 157 | #1,351 |
| 2003 | 200 | #1,099 |
| 2002 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2001 | 179 | #1,160 |
| 2000 | 240 | #909 |
| 1999 | 231 | #912 |
| 1998 | 264 | #805 |
| 1997 | 318 | #680 |
| 1996 | 260 | #795 |
| 1995 | 319 | #668 |
| 1994 | 391 | #582 |
| 1993 | 497 | #498 |
| 1992 | 613 | #411 |
| 1991 | 669 | #385 |
| 1990 | 740 | #360 |
| 1989 | 857 | #306 |
| 1988 | 1,061 | #248 |
| 1987 | 1,154 | #231 |
| 1986 | 1,452 | #184 |
| 1985 | 1,730 | #165 |
| 1984 | 2,105 | #142 |
| 1983 | 2,641 | #106 |
| 1982 | 3,088 | #95 |
| 1981 | 3,839 | #79 |
| 1980 | 4,479 | #67 |
| 1979 | 4,725 | #57 |
| 1978 | 5,217 | #52 |
| 1977 | 6,096 | #43 |
| 1976 | 7,048 | #35 |
| 1975 | 8,744 | #23 |
| 1974 | 9,417 | #22 |
| 1973 | 9,890 | #21 |
| 1972 | 11,340 | #20 |
| 1971 | 14,288 | #14 |
| 1970 | 15,681 | #16 |
| 1969 | 13,768 | #21 |
| 1968 | 13,441 | #21 |
| 1967 | 13,167 | #27 |
| 1966 | 13,603 | #24 |
| 1965 | 13,344 | #26 |
| 1964 | 12,613 | #33 |
| 1963 | 8,412 | #52 |
| 1962 | 8,984 | #50 |
| 1961 | 9,148 | #49 |
| 1960 | 7,813 | #57 |
| 1959 | 7,898 | #54 |
| 1958 | 5,674 | #84 |
| 1957 | 5,159 | #93 |
| 1956 | 5,128 | #92 |
| 1955 | 4,216 | #103 |
| 1954 | 3,356 | #124 |
| 1953 | 2,640 | #138 |
| 1952 | 1,884 | #166 |
| 1951 | 1,533 | #188 |
| 1950 | 1,411 | #191 |
| 1949 | 1,285 | #209 |
| 1948 | 1,241 | #208 |
| 1947 | 1,269 | #208 |
| 1946 | 1,040 | #223 |
| 1945 | 745 | #246 |
| 1944 | 654 | #268 |
| 1943 | 765 | #253 |
| 1942 | 675 | #266 |
| 1941 | 530 | #278 |
| 1940 | 427 | #303 |
| 1939 | 468 | #288 |
| 1938 | 471 | #288 |
| 1937 | 457 | #288 |
| 1936 | 512 | #268 |
| 1935 | 398 | #310 |
| 1934 | 288 | #372 |
| 1933 | 307 | #359 |
| 1932 | 319 | #356 |
| 1931 | 291 | #379 |
| 1930 | 221 | #453 |
| 1929 | 223 | #441 |
| 1928 | 188 | #502 |
| 1927 | 194 | #502 |
| 1926 | 175 | #528 |
| 1925 | 130 | #639 |
| 1924 | 141 | #633 |
| 1923 | 131 | #642 |
| 1922 | 104 | #711 |
| 1921 | 94 | #753 |
| 1920 | 84 | #787 |
| 1919 | 63 | #882 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,031 |
| 1917 | 54 | #945 |
| 1916 | 57 | #893 |
| 1915 | 58 | #856 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,098 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
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