Dawnesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dawnesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Dawnesha between 1979 and 1994, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawnesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawnesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dawnesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dawnesha 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 51 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.