Dawson

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dawson: Recorded every year since 1998, its highest recorded position is #126, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
63times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#126highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2020	#5493

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #164 among boys in Northern Ireland, #275 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #330 among boys in Scotland, #560 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #1642 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #126 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 1999–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dawson appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 1,261 births with the name.

Dawson across 3 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.

Dawson'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1642 (1998)	#470 (2015)	#560 (2024)	27 of 27	1,261 (1998–2024)	86 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#126 (2023)	#164 (2024)	19 of 26	161 (1999–2024)	19 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#611 (2010)	#226 (2020)	#432 (2025)	15 of 16	169 (2010–2025)	21 (2020)

Dawson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Dawson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	2 of 10	10
2000s	245	10 of 10	25
2010sbusiest	669	10 of 10	67
2020s	327	5 of 10	65

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 67 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births rose by 29, from 57 to 86.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dawson 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 4 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #126 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Dawson'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	male	#560	68	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#555	69	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#556	69	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#551	67	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#506	77	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#511	76	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#517	76	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#470	86	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#470	86	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#611	57	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#621	55	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#734	45	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#602	57	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#609	54	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#868	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#711	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#863	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#164	13	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#126	19	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#156	14	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#249	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#193	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#185	12	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#194	11	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#201	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	21	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#330	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #126, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 86 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 26 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.

Dawood · #727, 29y
Dawoud · #1018, 20y
Dawud · #346, 29y
Dax · #535, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Rocco · #126, 26y
Jensen · #127, 30y
Maddie · #127, 30y
Saskia · #125, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Fillip · #126, 28y
Alida · #127, 35y
Jensen · #127, 30y
Maddie · #127, 30y

Dawson was ranked #126 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Dawson 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 Dawson without appearing here.

Dawson moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1642 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1082 and #2943.
Shannon Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1642 and #1642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1082 and #2097.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #815 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #1617.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1002 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #947 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Dawson

Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #815 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #615.
Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #194 and #229 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #365 and #121.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #863 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #711 and #538.
Arlo Compare
In 2004 they stood at #815 and #875 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #766.

Moved the opposite way to Dawson

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Dawson

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dawson went from #1642 to #560 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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 4 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #126 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dawson

Dawson at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dawson across 3 official records

Dawson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dawson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dawson

Dawson and the names beside it

Dawson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dawson

Moved the opposite way to Dawson

Moved the same way as Dawson

Dawson at a glance

Dawson across 3 official records

Dawson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dawson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dawson

Dawson and the names beside it

Dawson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dawson

Moved the opposite way to Dawson

Moved the same way as Dawson