Dauna — girls' name
201 babies named Dauna in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1933. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Dauna was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Dauna in 1933 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dauna
The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Dauna between 1931 and 2004, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dauna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dauna performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dauna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dauna 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 201 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.
Dauna at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dauna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1931
- Peak year (1933)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
201 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1933 with 13 births in a single year.
Dauna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 59 births that decade — 29% of Dauna's all-time total
Dauna decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Dauna's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1931–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.