Dawan

Boys' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Dawan has been given to 852 babies in the U.S. since 1956. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1979, with 35 recorded.

Babies named Dawan, 2024

1 in 557,000

Dawan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dawan: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Dawan means

Dawan is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Dawan is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Dawan is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 817 boys were recorded with the name Dawan between 1956 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 35 in 1979; its best national rank was #1,640 in 1979.

In the United States, 35 girls were recorded with the name Dawan between 1971 and 1983. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1983; its best national rank was #6,327 in 1983.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Dawan?

Dawan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dawan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dawan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dawans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dawan was born before 1990 — so the typical Dawan is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 24.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 28.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 817; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 24.6% of all recorded uses (201).

Is Dawan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1979 (35)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,640; 1979

Spellings of Dawan

Dawan is not the most common spelling — Dylan is, with 23.9% against Dawan's 0.05%.

Dylan23.9%418,679
Alan20.7%363,313
Dean11.0%192,930
Damian6.3%109,920
Dan6.1%106,554
Damon3.9%68,841
Dana3.0%53,287
Dawson3.0%52,802

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dawan is used

Across 1910–2025, Dawan was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 743,169 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Jersey1 in 100,000
2Michigan1 in —
3New York1 in —
4Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dawan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dawan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,640; 1979
Peak year: 1979; 35 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 817
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,327; 1983
Peak year: 1983; 10 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 1983
All-time count: 35
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dawan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dawud Dawit Dawid Dawsyn Dawsen Dawood Kawan Dawon Tywan Jawan Taiwan Safwan Ridwan Dawn Kwan Rizwan Marwan Dawoud Dewan Cowan Juwan Dawens Bowan Dawaun

Sibling names for Dawan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Bambi Shanika Mellissa Latosha Adria Lani Malissa Lindy

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo Kristofer

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