Dawn

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Dawn is a feminine given name. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is the first appearance of light, daybreak. It is sometimes used as a name for Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn.

From Wikipedia

Dawn first appears in the data in 1954 and has been recorded in 2 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1954 with 72 babies (rank #99 that year). It was not in the 2025 data.

Numerology of Dawn

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dawn yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

73
Total babies (all years)
2
Years in the data
72
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195472#99
20151#1,352