Over the past 110 years, 132 boys and 285 566 girls have been named Dawn. The name Dawn ranks 5318th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Dawn in 1958. The peak of popularity of the name Dawn came in the 1960s and 1970s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.