Dawna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAW-na
- Origin
- English
Dawna is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “dawn, daybreak”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dawna mean?
English: elaboration of Dawn
“dawn, daybreak”
An elaboration of Dawn, from the English word for daybreak.
Is Dawna a girl's or a boy's name?
Dawna is a girls' name.
How popular is Dawna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1966, with 264 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Dawna in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dawna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,866 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,046 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,551 |
| 1981 | 91 | #1,362 |
| 1980 | 96 | #1,318 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,669 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,609 |
| 1976 | 92 | #1,225 |
| 1975 | 118 | #1,022 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 159 | #830 |
| 1971 | 169 | #822 |
| 1970 | 195 | #755 |
| 1969 | 200 | #708 |
| 1968 | 233 | #632 |
| 1967 | 227 | #635 |
| 1966 | 264 | #579 |
| 1965 | 233 | #642 |
| 1964 | 258 | #637 |
| 1963 | 210 | #703 |
| 1962 | 180 | #776 |
| 1961 | 177 | #788 |
| 1960 | 175 | #769 |
| 1959 | 168 | #785 |
| 1958 | 152 | #817 |
| 1957 | 156 | #809 |
| 1956 | 234 | #626 |
| 1955 | 91 | #1,054 |
| 1954 | 79 | #1,107 |
| 1953 | 63 | #1,212 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,350 |
| 1951 | 66 | #1,150 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,258 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,451 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,369 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,237 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,317 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,260 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,432 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,590 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,278 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
Names like Dawna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Darla Diana Donna Paula Linda Dina Rebecca Lisa Laura Brenda Karla Regina
Names related to Dawna
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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, “Dawna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dawna, updated 20 October 2026.