Daun
Feminine
Daun is given to both — 778 girls and 27 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Daun writes a familiar sound with the letter pair English borrowed from French for the job. It is recorded for boys and girls alike, which is worth knowing before the spelling is chosen.
How old is the name Daun?
Daun first appears in US birth records in 1933 — 92 years ago. The typical Daun alive today was born around 1963, making them about 62 years old. About 700 people named Daun are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daun most popular?
Daun peaked in 1955, reaching #1907 nationally. See the whole 1955 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daun
English has two ways of writing the vowel in caught: aw and au. The first is native and turns up at the end of words, in saw, law, draw and dawn. The second came in with French borrowings and sits in the middle of them, in cause, author, pause and applaud. The division is not a rule anybody was taught, but it is remarkably consistent, and it is why a word spelled with au in a final position looks imported. Put au at the end of a short name and the name reads as foreign even when the sound is ordinary English, which is either the point of the spelling or an accident of it, and the record does not say which.
Meaningnot established
Not established
If the name is Dawn respelled, it is an English word used as a name and the sense is obvious. If it came from somewhere else, as short names recorded for both sexes often do, nothing in the record says where.
Pronouncing Daun
DAWN
One syllable, said exactly like the English word. Readers occasionally try dah-OON, which the au invites.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1933
- Most girls named
- 196435 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1907reached in 1955
- Change vs 1982
- −25.0%6 in 2001, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dauns among us
people named Daun are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Daun sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- One syllable and four letters: as short and quick as a name gets.
- The sound is completely familiar, so it is never a puzzle once heard.
- It is recorded for boys and for girls, so it does not force a reading on anyone.
- Dawn is the expected spelling and this one will be corrected to it constantly.
- The spelling is recorded for a few boys, but nearly every child with it is a girl.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing settled to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dauns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Daun are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daun in 2025?
- Daun is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Daun with classmates?
- Daun will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
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