Dawne
Dawne is a name. It can be a feminine given name, a middle name, or a surname. Notable people with this name include:
Meaning & Origin of Dawne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dawne is a name. It can be a feminine given name, a middle name, or a surname. Notable people with this name include:
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The Story of Dawne
The earliest SSA record of Dawne as a baby girl name dates back to 1926, when 5 babies received it. 1965 was its biggest year on record, with 124 newborns named Dawne — #904 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Dawne on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Dawne last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dawne
Dawne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1926 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Dawne's peak popularity came in 1965 when it ranked #904. Use the chart and map above to compare Dawne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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