Over the past 110 years, 126 girls and 36 737 boys have been named Dawson. The name Dawson ranks 8011th in the United States among the most common names for girls. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Dawson in 1999. The peak of popularity of the name Dawson came in the 1990s and 2010s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.