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How popular is the name Dawn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dawns are alive today.
Dawn (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 7 in 2025, ranked 3333rd. The name peaked in 1964, when around 2,600 babies were given the name, the 25th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 41,000 babies have been named Dawn in England and Wales since 1954. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Dawn you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Dawns born in England and Wales are between 54 and 65, and there are at least 41,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Dawn.
How many babies are named Dawn each year?
Where does Dawn rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dawn most popular?
Dawn peaked in 1964, when around 2,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dawn?
At least 41,000 people named Dawn born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dawn?
Most living Dawns are between 54 and 65; the most common age is about 62.
Is Dawn becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.