Dawsyn
Feminine · “son of Daw”
Dawsyn is given to both — 1,121 girls and 582 boys since 1880. See Dawsyn as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Dawsyn is a respelling of Dawson, an English surname meaning son of Daw — and Daw was the medieval English pet form of David.
How old is the name Dawsyn?
Dawsyn first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Dawsyn is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Dawsyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dawsyn most popular?
Dawsyn peaked in 2017, reaching #1409 nationally. Today it ranks #3780, 2,371 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dawid to Dawsyn
The story of Dawsyn
Medieval England clipped David to Daw and Dawe, and sons of a Daw became Dawson. The surname is common in the north of England. It moved into American given names in the late 1990s, largely through a television series, and then split for girls with the respellings Dawsyn, Dawsen and Dawsin — the y marking the girls' version in the usual American way.
Meaning
son of Daw, that is, of David
From Hebrew Dawid, generally read as beloved; medieval English clipped David to Daw, and the patronymic Dawson records the relationship. The bird called a daw is a separate word entirely.
How the name formed
- Dawid
- David
- Daw
- Dawson
- Dawsyn
Related forms: Dawson · David
Pronouncing Dawsyn
DAW-suhn
Two syllables, first stressed. Dawsyn and Dawson are said identically.
Nicknames for Dawsyn
Moderate
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
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 2017162 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1409reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −11.4%39 in 2025, from 44
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.
Dawsyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dawson in English — spelling variant
- David in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois.
Dawsyns among us
people named Dawsyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 41,212 born in 2025 was named Dawsyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nicoletta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Dawsyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nicoletta climbed just as high around 1924, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nicoletta's path sketches the road Dawsyn is walking now.
Dawsyn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Dawsyn is headed
Dawsyn is easing off slowly — about 31% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Dawsyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dawsyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning inherited from one of the best-documented names in existence.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Dawson is the standard spelling and is strongly read as a boys' name.
- The -son ending means son of, which reads oddly for a girl once she knows it.
- A 1990s television series is the reason most Americans recognize the name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dawsyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Dawsyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dawsyn in 2025?
- Dawsyn ranks #3780 among US girl names in 2025, with 39 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dawsyn?
- About 1 in every 41,212 US girls born in 2025 was named Dawsyn — 39 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dawsyn with classmates?
- Dawsyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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