Dawton — boys' name
34 babies named Dawton in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 boys have been named Dawton since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2008.
- 34
- total births
- 1999–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
85% of everyone ever named Dawton was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dawton in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dawton
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Dawton between 1999 and 2008, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dawton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dawton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dawton 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 34 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.
Dawton at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dawton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1999
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
34 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 7 births in a single year.
Dawton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 29 births that decade — 85% of Dawton's all-time total
Dawton decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dawton's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% 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, 1999–2008 (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.