Dawson

Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Dawson first appears in the data in 1885 and has been recorded in 128 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 2,802 babies (rank #136 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,576 boys (rank #139). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
51,610
Total babies (all years)
128
Years in the data
2,802
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18855#972
18878#698
18888#763
18895#1,002
18907#825
18917#785
18985#1,165
19005#1,358
19016#976
190410#770
19055#1,276
19076#1,228
19096#1,312
191011#995
191113#937
191214#1,288
191319#1,178
191424#1,196
191530#1,189
191624#1,424
191730#1,242
191828#1,349
191927#1,389
192033#1,258
192136#1,207
192235#1,227
192328#1,390
192435#1,228
192531#1,308
192627#1,412
192722#1,656
192834#1,232
192923#1,536
193022#1,571
193128#1,312
193218#1,732
193320#1,553
193416#1,792
193527#1,302
193629#1,229
193726#1,314
193813#2,005
193932#1,147
194030#1,232
194117#1,707
194221#1,544
194320#1,595
194428#1,260
194516#1,711
194622#1,524
194740#1,152
194839#1,148
194931#1,305
195028#1,373
195132#1,310
195226#1,493
195327#1,458
195423#1,602
195516#1,988
195616#2,031
195727#1,517
195821#1,739
195917#1,991
196017#1,987
196116#2,080
196219#1,867
196321#1,751
196411#2,571
196512#2,393
196616#1,980
196712#2,385
196820#1,796
196915#2,239
197025#1,756
197116#2,389
197214#2,561
197320#2,060
197436#1,444
197518#2,386
197624#2,011
197717#2,579
197818#2,501
197923#2,174
198030#1,866
198123#2,216
198231#1,823
198319#2,507
198432#1,771
198534#1,767
198628#2,066
198744#1,592
198847#1,560
198967#1,338
199065#1,385
199175#1,297
199285#1,224
1993117#1,017
1994158#854
1995149#897
1996195#759
1997209#734
19981,895#175
19992,802#136
20002,312#168
20012,030#183
20021,953#193
20031,805#204
20041,763#206
20051,600#221
20061,550#233
20071,409#250
20081,292#269
20091,154#284
20101,168#289
20111,012#315
20121,036#316
20131,036#320
20141,083#320
20151,594#238
20161,794#216
20172,017#196
20182,099#194
20191,960#202
20201,918#197
20211,829#207
20222,045#184
20232,449#149
20242,576#139