Boys' name · since 1977
Dawone
Dawone has 27 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,616 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dawone sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 27 recorded since 1977.
Dawone has 27 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2021.
- #26,616 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1977
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dawone ranks #26,616 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1977, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,616 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dawone's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dawone's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dawone's full recorded timeline at 1989, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dawone popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2021
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Dawone by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Dawone's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Dawone births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Dawone's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dawone: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1977–2021 (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 Dawone 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.