Dawnya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dawnya

The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Dawnya between 1962 and 1998, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawnya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawnya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dawnya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dawnya 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 224 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.