# Dawna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dawna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,017 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,017 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Dawn + -a in the 20th century.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10 | 9,329 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,962 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9,678 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,573 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,605 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,356 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,443 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11,008 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,725 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,838 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,440 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,212 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,349 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,574 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,766 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.