NameTides

Dawson

Dawson was the #143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,487 babies), and #478 in England & Wales and #135 in Canada.

Dawson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dawson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUSScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Dawson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#143 (2,487)#478 (81)#243 (17)#126 (18)#432 (8)#135 (237)
2024#139 (2,587)#560 (68)#330 (11)#164 (13)#275 (15)#127 (252)
2023#149 (2,451)#651 (54)#341 (10)#126 (19)#362 (10)#144 (215)
2022#184 (2,047)#555 (69)#312 (12)#156 (14)#306 (14)#128 (254)
2021#207 (1,832)#556 (69)#372 (9)#249 (8)#271 (17)#137 (259)
2020#197 (1,918)#551 (67)#711 (3)#193 (10)#226 (21)#157 (229)
2019#202 (1,960)#506 (77)#334 (10)#185 (12)#312 (14)#173 (216)
2018#194 (2,101)#511 (76)#433 (7)#365 (4)#435 (8)#136 (274)
2017#196 (2,018)#517 (76)#406 (8)#194 (11)#356 (11)#186 (204)
2016#216 (1,795)#470 (86)#401 (8)#216 (9)#263 (18)#187 (202)
2015#238 (1,594)#470 (86)#389 (8)#201 (11)#355 (11)#196 (192)
2014#320 (1,083)#611 (57)#439 (7)—#382 (10)#238 (150)
2013#320 (1,036)#621 (55)#366 (9)#244 (7)#711 (3)#223 (159)
2012#316 (1,036)#734 (45)#500 (5)——#240 (145)
2011#315 (1,012)#602 (57)#491 (5)#245 (7)#540 (5)#213 (163)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #139.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 690 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 690common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 670common

Next year

On its recent trend, Dawson is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 580 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 500 to 1 in 680.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dawson by state, 2025Alaska: #46AKMaine: #82MEWisconsin: #114WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #74NHWashington: #152WAIdaho: #47IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #86NDMinnesota: #124MNIllinois: #218ILMichigan: #85MINew York: #252NYMassachusetts: #186MAOregon: #181ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #69SDIowa: #66IAIndiana: #96INOhio: #90OHPennsylvania: #125PANew Jersey: #293NJConnecticut: #197CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #297CAUtah: #78UTColorado: #153CONebraska: #122NEMissouri: #74MOKentucky: #62KYWest Virginia: #33WVVirginia: #122VAMaryland: #184MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #217AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #142KSArkansas: #104ARTennessee: #93TNNorth Carolina: #122NCSouth Carolina: #99SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #91OKLouisiana: #85LAMississippi: #70MSAlabama: #108ALGeorgia: #153GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #228TXFlorida: #179FL
Dawson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#14989
Quebec2025#40611

Dawson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DawsonCanadaGirls#3,4785
DawsonCanadaBoys#135237
DawsonEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DawsonEngland & WalesBoys#47881
DawsonIrelandBoys#4328
DawsonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DawsonNorthern IrelandBoys#12618
DawsonScotlandBoys#24317
DawsonUSGirls#2,25681
DawsonUSBoys#1432,487