Dawson
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning son of David.
How Dawson has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #238 |
| 2016 | #216 |
| 2017 | #196 |
| 2018 | #194 |
| 2019 | #202 |
| 2020 | #197 |
| 2021 | #207 |
| 2022 | #183 |
| 2023 | #149 |
| 2024 | #139 |
| 2025 | #143 |
Dawson by the numbers
In 2025, 81 babies in England and Wales were named Dawson. In the US, 2,068 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,802 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 900 American boys born that year was called Dawson.
Other names that come from David
Like Dawson, each of these traces back to David: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Davidbeloved10,133 in the US (2017)
- Davinabeloved; feminine form of David313 in the US (2017)
- Davianbeloved; a form of David221 in the US (2017)
- Dawsynson of David; invented respelling of Dawson201 in the US (2017)
- Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
- Devontebeloved; a form of David, respelled with -onte suffix135 in the US (2017)
- Daxonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Daxson132 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dawson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Daysonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Dawson45 in the US (2017)
- Dawsenson of David; variant of Dawson31 in the US (2017)
- Daxsonson of David; modern patronymic form22 in the US (2017)
- Dason16 in the US (2017)
- Dawsin8 in the US (2017)
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dawson
Names that are said the same way as Dawson, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Dawson
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