Girls' name · since 1973
Mistydawn
Mistydawn has 39 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 39
- total births
- 1973–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Mistydawn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mistydawn has been recorded 39 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1992.
- 39 total births
- 1973–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mistydawn's 39 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mistydawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mistydawn splits its recorded history at 1983: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mistydawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1992
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Mistydawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Mistydawn's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Mistydawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 20 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Mistydawn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (20 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.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1973–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mistydawn: Baby Name Since 1973 - 39 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mistydawn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mistydawn 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 July 2026.