Boys' name · since 1974
Dawaun
Dawaun has 224 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
224 boys have been named Dawaun since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dawaun has been recorded 224 times among boys since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2021.
- #12,277 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 224 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dawaun ranks #12,277 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 224 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dawaun's 224 recorded births place it above 72.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dawaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dawaun's full recorded timeline at 1994, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dawaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2021
- Peak year (1992)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Dawaun by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (78 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Dawaun's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Dawaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 78 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dawaun's data
- Dawaun's decade-level peak was the 1990s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dawaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dawaun draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.