Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys
Origin: EnglishDawson is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dawson yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Dawson's highest birth count came in 1999, at 2,802, which places it squarely inside the run of Dawson's Creek. The interesting part is what has happened since: after falling away for two decades, the name is up 138% over the past ten years, to 2,576 births at rank 139. That is a second wave, and second waves are rare — most television-driven names never recover once the show ends. First recorded in 1885 with 51,610 births logged. The two listed bearers, the actor Richard Kiel, born 1939, and the guitarist Johnny Winter, are both middle-name matches and neither has any bearing on either peak. What is lifting it now is the -son ending shared with Jackson, Mason and Greyson, not the show.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 5 | #972 |
| 1887 | 8 | #698 |
| 1888 | 8 | #763 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,002 |
| 1890 | 7 | #825 |
| 1891 | 7 | #785 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,165 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,358 |
| 1901 | 6 | #976 |
| 1904 | 10 | #770 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,228 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,312 |
| 1910 | 11 | #995 |
| 1911 | 13 | #937 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,288 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,178 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,424 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,242 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,349 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,389 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,207 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,228 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,308 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,412 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,656 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,232 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,536 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,312 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,732 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,553 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,792 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,302 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,229 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,314 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,005 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,147 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,232 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,595 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,260 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,711 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,152 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,148 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,305 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,373 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,310 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,493 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,602 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,988 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,031 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,517 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,739 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,991 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,987 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,080 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,867 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,751 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,393 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,980 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,796 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,239 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,756 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,389 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,561 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,444 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,386 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,011 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,579 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,174 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,866 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,216 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,823 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,507 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,771 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,767 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,592 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,560 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,338 |
| 1990 | 65 | #1,385 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,297 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,224 |
| 1993 | 117 | #1,017 |
| 1994 | 158 | #854 |
| 1995 | 149 | #897 |
| 1996 | 195 | #759 |
| 1997 | 209 | #734 |
| 1998 | 1,895 | #175 |
| 1999 | 2,802 | #136 |
| 2000 | 2,312 | #168 |
| 2001 | 2,030 | #183 |
| 2002 | 1,953 | #193 |
| 2003 | 1,805 | #204 |
| 2004 | 1,763 | #206 |
| 2005 | 1,600 | #221 |
| 2006 | 1,550 | #233 |
| 2007 | 1,409 | #250 |
| 2008 | 1,292 | #269 |
| 2009 | 1,154 | #284 |
| 2010 | 1,168 | #289 |
| 2011 | 1,012 | #315 |
| 2012 | 1,036 | #316 |
| 2013 | 1,036 | #320 |
| 2014 | 1,083 | #320 |
| 2015 | 1,594 | #238 |
| 2016 | 1,794 | #216 |
| 2017 | 2,017 | #196 |
| 2018 | 2,099 | #194 |
| 2019 | 1,960 | #202 |
| 2020 | 1,918 | #197 |
| 2021 | 1,829 | #207 |
| 2022 | 2,045 | #184 |
| 2023 | 2,449 | #149 |
| 2024 | 2,576 | #139 |
