Dawnyel — girls' name
56 babies named Dawnyel in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
56 girls have been named Dawnyel since 1968, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1988.
- 56
- total births
- 1968–1988
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
68% of everyone ever named Dawnyel was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Dawnyel in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dawnyel
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Dawnyel between 1968 and 1988, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawnyel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawnyel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dawnyel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dawnyel 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 56 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.
Dawnyel at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dawnyel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1968
- Peak year (1973)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
56 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 9 births in a single year.
Dawnyel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 38 births that decade — 68% of Dawnyel's all-time total
Dawnyel decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dawnyel's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% 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, 1968–1988 (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.