Dawni — girls' name
21 babies named Dawni in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
21 girls have been named Dawni since 1962, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1981.
- 21
- total births
- 1962–1981
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Dawni was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Dawni in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dawni
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Dawni between 1962 and 1981, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawni currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawni performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dawni shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dawni 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 21 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.
Dawni at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dawni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1962
- Peak year (1969)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
21 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 6 births in a single year.
Dawni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 11 births that decade — 52% of Dawni's all-time total
Dawni decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Dawni's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1962–1981 (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.