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How popular is “Dawson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dawson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dawson” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Dawson” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dawson” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dawson” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dawson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dawson” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 30 0.000016372 30 -100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 -100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 28 0.000012897 28 -100%
1919 27 0.000012795 27 -100%
1920 33 0.000014585 33 -100%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 -100%
1922 35 0.000015289 35 -100%
1923 28 0.000012161 28 -100%
1924 35 0.000014696 35 -100%
1925 31 0.000013286 31 -100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 -100%
1928 34 0.000015038 34 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 -100%
1931 28 0.000013306 28 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 -100%
1933 20 0.000010003 20 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 29 -100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 32 0.000014523 32 -100%
1940 30 0.000013028 30 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 40 0.000011104 40 -100%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 -100%
1949 31 0.000008896 31 -100%
1950 28 0.000007992 28 -100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 26 0.000006846 26 -100%
1953 27 0.000007006 27 -100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 27 0.000006425 27 -100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 -100%
1963 21 0.000005305 21 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 -100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 -100%
1974 36 0.000011842 36 -100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 -100%
1976 24 0.00000791 24 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 31 0.000008837 31 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 32 0.000009172 32 -100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 -100%
1986 28 0.000007872 28 -100%
1987 44 0.000012203 44 -100%
1988 47 0.00001272 47 -100%
1989 67 0.000017428 67 -100%
1990 65 0.000016445 65 -100%
1991 75 0.000019254 75 -100%
1992 85 0.000022128 85 -100%
1993 117 0.000031032 117 -100%
1994 158 0.0000425 158 -100%
1995 149 0.000040686 149 -100%
1996 195 0.000053466 195 -100%
1997 209 0.000057643 209 -100%
1998 1915 0.000520634 20 1895 -98%
1999 2834 0.000767218 32 2802 -98%
2000 2349 0.000621444 37 2312 -97%
2001 2054 0.000548701 24 2030 -98%
2002 1985 0.000530991 32 1953 -97%
2003 1832 0.000481811 27 1805 -97%
2004 1788 0.00046795 25 1763 -97%
2005 1619 0.000421083 19 1600 -98%
2006 1576 0.000398363 26 1550 -97%
2007 1429 0.000357457 20 1409 -97%
2008 1316 0.000334803 24 1292 -96%
2009 1181 0.000309148 27 1154 -95%
2010 1191 0.000322263 23 1168 -96%
2011 1036 0.000283231 24 1012 -95%
2012 1068 0.000292013 32 1036 -94%
2013 1068 0.000292951 32 1036 -94%
2014 1127 0.000304071 44 1083 -92%
2015 1660 0.000448538 66 1594 -92%
2016 1876 0.000511353 82 1794 -91%
2017 2081 0.000581903 64 2017 -94%
2018 2197 0.000624876 98 2099 -91%
2019 2042 0.000588314 82 1960 -92%
2020 1991 0.000596005 73 1918 -93%
2021 1928 0.000569076 99 1829 -90%
2022 2139 0.000632254 94 2045 -91%
2023 2549 0.000769812 100 2449 -92%
2024 2666 0.000800961 90 2576 -93%

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  2. Dawood
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  5. Dawsin
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  8. Dawsynn
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