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Dawson

Pronounced /ˈdɔːsən/

Rank in 2024
#139
Born in 2024
2,576
Peak year
1999 · #136
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,576 boys were named Dawson, about 1 in every 666.
  • It peaked in 1999 with 2,802 babies, ranked #136.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1885.
  • 50,294 boys have been named Dawson since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dawson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.8
    Gen Z
  7. 1.0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 500 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 420 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 449 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 316 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,169 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 24,990 babies, 0.80 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 22,400 babies, 1.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Daw, a Middle English pet form of David +‎ -son.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdɔːsən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Dawson, CC BY-SA 4.0.