Dawn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dawn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dawn: Recorded since 1954, its highest recorded position is #95, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#95highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#620
1997	#750
1998	#869
1999	#780
2000	#1033
2001	#1870
2002	#1442
2003	#1129
2004	#1617
2005	#1796
2006	#1153
2007	#1573
2008	#2487
2009	#1752
2010	#2392
2011	#2432
2012	#3681
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#4103
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#2643
2020	#3447
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#2689
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 58 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3318 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1954–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #274 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dawn appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 58 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,215 births with the name.

Dawn across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dawn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#274 (1964)	#118 (1985)	#885 (2025)	58 of 62	1,215 (1964–2025)	56 (1983)
England and Wales · Girls	#620 (1996)	#620 (1996)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	373 (1996–2024)	39 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#242 (1971)	#242 (1971)	#274 (1984)	4 of 14	16 (1971–1984)	6 (1971)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#252 (2002)	#384 (2006)	4 of 10	14 (1997–2006)	5 (2002)

Dawn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dawn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	54	6 of 10	9
1970s	365	10 of 10	37
1980sbusiest	452	10 of 10	45
1990s	215	10 of 10	22
2000s	73	10 of 10	7
2010s	42	8 of 10	5
2020s	14	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 45 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dawn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #95 in New Zealand in 1956.

Dawn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1033	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#780	29	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#750	31	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#620	39	High	Verified
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New Zealand	female	#95	62	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	25	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	24	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	23	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	27	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	29	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	36	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	35	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	26	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	48	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	56	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	46	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	56	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	51	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	55	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	52	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	50	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	50	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	45	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	52	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	35	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	38	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	41	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	22	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	20	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	12	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	15	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	11	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1954 and 2025, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #95, first reached in 1956.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 72 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1954.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1956, and 43 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dawid · #122, 49y
Dawit · #348, 45y
Dawood · #727, 29y
Dawoud · #1018, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eilish · #94, 61y
Leona · #91, 61y
Gloria · #86, 65y
Adele · #84, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Guy · #95, 44y
Perry · #95, 30y
Darrell · #96, 53y
Zahra · #94, 75y

Dawn was ranked #95 in New Zealand · Girls in 1956. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dawn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dawn without appearing here.

Dawn moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Shauna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #4709.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4843.
Tyler Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Dawn

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Judith Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1809.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1893.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Dawn

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 while Charlotte went from #171 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 while Emily went from #180 to #6.

Moved the same way as Dawn

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dawn went from #274 to #885 and Julia from #42 to #118.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #95 in New Zealand in 1956. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dawn

Dawn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dawn across 4 official records

Dawn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dawn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Dawn

Dawn and the names beside it

Dawn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dawn

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Dawn at a glance

Dawn across 4 official records

Dawn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dawn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Dawn

Dawn and the names beside it

Dawn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dawn

Moved the opposite way to Dawn

Moved the same way as Dawn