Girls' name · since 1958
Dawnella
Dawnella has 30 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dawnella is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 30 have been recorded since 1958.
Dawnella has 30 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1975.
- #40,846 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dawnella ranks #40,846 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #40,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dawnella's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dawnella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dawnella's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dawnella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1975
- Peak year (1958)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Dawnella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Dawnella's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Dawnella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dawnella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1958–1975 (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 Dawnella 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.