The first name Dawna
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From Dawn + -a in the 20th century.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Dawna at birth, 1880–2025
In 2023, 5 girls born in the United States were named Dawna, the 15,766th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1966, when 264 were.
6,017
babies named Dawna since 1880
#15,766
rank in 2023
1966
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Dawna mean?
- From Dawn + -a in the 20th century.
- Is Dawna a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,017 US babies named Dawna since 1880 were girls.
- When was Dawna most popular?
- 1966 in the United States, when 264 babies were named Dawna, its highest rank at 579th.