Daun — girls' name

What the Data Says About Daun

The Social Security Administration has registered 778 babies named Daun between 1933 and 2001, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daun currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daun performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Daun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Daun in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daun in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 778 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.