Dawn is a girl's name of English origin meaning “the first appearance of light.” In 2024 it was given to 108 girls in the United States.
Dawn belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “the first appearance of light” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Dawn first appears in Social Security records in 1888. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #14 in 1971, and in 2024 108 babies received the name — 289,552 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Dawn means “the first appearance of light” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Dawn is a girl name. In 2024, 108 babies received the name in the US.
Dawn comes from the English & American tradition.
Dawn first appears in US records in 1888. Its best-ever ranking was #14 in 1971, and 108 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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