Dawanna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dawanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 435 babies named Dawanna between 1955 and 2000, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawanna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dawanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Dawanna in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dawanna 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 435 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.