Dawnell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dawnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 369 babies named Dawnell between 1951 and 1988, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawnell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dawnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Dawnell in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dawnell 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 369 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.