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Dawson
Say it: DAW-sun
Meaning
From an English surname meaning 'son of Daw', Daw being a medieval pet form of David.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in the US after the TV series Dawson's Creek (1998).
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 42,291 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 685 boys
- 1,979 babies in 2020
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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