girls:
21 births since 1962
#5695 (0th percentile)
overall:
21 births since 1962
#7718 (0th percentile)
The name Dawni is the #7,718 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 21 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,695 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 1962.
Dawni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for girls in 1962). Birth data for Dawni is available in 4 out of the 20 years between 1962 and 1981. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Dawni reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #762) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1981.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dawni".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Dawni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Dawni is pronounced as DAW-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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