Girls' name · since 1951
Dawnita
348 babies named Dawnita in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 348
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dawnita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 348 have been recorded since 1951.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dawnita has been recorded 348 times among girls since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1997.
- #14,681 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 348 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dawnita ranks #14,681 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 348 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 348
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dawnita's 348 recorded births place it above 79.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dawnita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dawnita splits its recorded history at 1971: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1967 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dawnita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1997
- Peak year (1967)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Dawnita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (136 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Dawnita's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Dawnita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 25
1950s
25 births
- 1960s
1960s
131 births
- 1970s
1970s
136 births
- 1980s 50
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 136 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Dawnita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dawnita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1951–1997 (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 Dawnita 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.