Dawson
The 2025 national count puts Dawson at #143, with the curve still pointing up. On the books since 1885, peaking in 1999: 52,802 American children so far.
Dawson’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Dawson, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Dawson since 1885
Dawson peaked in 1999 at #136; #143 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Dawson is most common
The state that gives Dawson most often, per boys born there, is Alaska (0.62% in 2025); West Virginia and Idaho are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Dawson
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Dylan
#41 in 2025
Daniel
#22 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Rylee
#137 in 2025
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Bella
#136 in 2025
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About Dawson
How popular is the name Dawson?
The 2025 national count puts Dawson at #143, with the curve still pointing up. The chart above draws the whole run since 1885, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Dawson?
Dawson postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
What names go with Dawson?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Diego, Damian and Dylan, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
Get Dawson’s free Name Kit
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