first name
FAWN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,626 people named Fawn, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 7% as Black and 6.9% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Fawn peaked in 1981, when 206 babies got the name.
At least 5,635 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Fawn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,607. The largest share of babies named Fawn, 36.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Fawn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fawn has been most common in Washington (3.1×), Michigan (2.8×), and Oregon (2.7×), and least common in Texas (0.3×).
2,516 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Fawn
2 other first names also have 4,626 people.
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Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fawn, most common first.
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