Dawaun — boys' name
224 babies named Dawaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
224 boys have been named Dawaun since 1974, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2021.
- 224
- total births
- 1974–2021
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Dawaun was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Dawaun in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dawaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Dawaun between 1974 and 2021, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dawaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawaun performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dawaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dawaun 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 224 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.
Dawaun at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dawaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1974
- Peak year (1992)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
224 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 12 births in a single year.
Dawaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 78 births that decade — 35% of Dawaun's all-time total
Dawaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dawaun's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 1974–2021 (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.