How Many People Are Named Dawson?
people named Dawson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,510 people in the US has this name
Based on 54,199 babies named Dawson in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,834 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID". This name was popularized in the late 1990s by the television drama 'Dawson's Creek'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dawson, 2.6% were girls and 97.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dawson alive today is about 14 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dawson first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1999, to 2,834 babies. In 2025, 2,568 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dawson has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #136, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #143.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #143 |
| Best rank | #136 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #215 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dawson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dawson were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,535 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dawson was given 4.2 times as often in South Dakota, 4 times in North Dakota and 3.3 times in Montana.
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