Dawnella — girls' name
30 babies named Dawnella in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
30 girls have been named Dawnella since 1958, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1975.
- 30
- total births
- 1958–1975
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Dawnella was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dawnella in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dawnella
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Dawnella between 1958 and 1975, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawnella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawnella performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dawnella shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dawnella 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 30 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.
Dawnella at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dawnella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1958
- Peak year (1958)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
30 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 7 births in a single year.
Dawnella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 12 births that decade — 40% of Dawnella's all-time total
Dawnella decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dawnella's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1958–1975 (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.