Don

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#50
1934 · 3,926 births
Debut · boys
1880
34 births
In top 100 · boys
24 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
167,632
since 1880

Don over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #50, 1934boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,79389
2024—#1,77692
2023—#1,74494
2022—#1,551115
2021—#1,635102
2020—#1,71690
2019—#1,76288
2018—#1,498115
2017—#1,72590
2016—#1,563105
2015—#1,444117
2014—#1,456112
2013—#1,352125
2012—#1,61796
2011—#1,448113
2010—#1,470111
2009—#1,290136
2008—#1,303133
2007—#1,332127
2006—#1,054170
2005—#1,155138
2004—#1,128140
2003—#1,016155
2002—#1,003155
2001—#873183
2000—#829193
1999—#816187
1998—#767207
1997—#767194
1996—#694233
1995—#596299
1994—#683231
1993—#587309
1992#13,3175#601293
1991—#538353
1990—#554332
1989—#483393
1988#8,3918#425454
1987—#412449
1986—#390467
1985#9,3076#381473
1984—#373472
1983#9,0156#367478
1982—#341552
1981#5,88511#298653
1980#7,4188#321598
1979#4,23117#303654
1978#8,5626#306587
1977#6,8928#268732
1976#6,0489#269718
1975#7,1737#258766
1974#5,01111#252798
1973#4,58612#237893
1972#4,09114#223977
1971#4,31113#2151,092
1970#3,87215#2031,279
1969#3,46116#1941,349
1968#2,87420#1831,404
1967#3,48414#1771,469
1966#3,95911#1661,650
1965#3,40214#1571,907
1964#4,6369#1412,304
1963#3,33615#1352,522
1962#4,26310#1232,915
1961#3,06017#1213,149
1960#2,82019#1153,454
1959#2,76018#1113,617
1958#2,97216#1123,580
1957#2,82317#1173,347
1956#3,69611#1232,898
1955#3,57111#1252,649
1954#2,59218#1202,748
1953#2,43119#1212,712
1952#3,37211#1202,570
1951#2,57716#1172,619
1950#2,53516#1072,712
1949#2,72614#983,060
1948#3,35010#913,546
1947#2,08922#864,007
1946#2,09420#794,110
1945#2,23715#733,482
1944#1,96719#723,589
1943#2,35215#723,817
1942#1,98119#723,564
1941#2,19015#663,533
1940#1,90018#623,547
1939#1,68421#563,589
1938#1,94517#523,900
1937#1,49325#513,814
1936#1,41327#513,830
1935#1,66321#513,917
1934#1,51824#503,926
1933#1,60622#543,453
1932#1,17637#553,453
1931#1,12740#593,176
1930#1,28934#682,922
1929#1,55525#782,519
1928#1,46929#842,382
1927#1,40433#902,303
1926#1,62326#961,966
1925#2,11918#1061,653
1924#1,72325#1251,451
1923#2,02119#1291,293
1922#2,10918#1361,183
1921#1,92721#1361,172
1920#2,59013#1481,019
1919#2,64012#145956
1918#3,5128#153931
1917#1,99617#167757
1916#2,65811#160744
1915#2,52611#156747
1914#3,1886#173521
1913#3,1875#176388
1912#1,84410#176332
1911—#184167
1910—#191140
1909#1,9576#197110
1908—#193107
1907#2,0615#22781
1906—#20387
1905—#20585
1904—#21375
1903—#22864
1902—#20079
1901—#24948
1900—#21981
1899—#20265
1898—#25249
1897—#24949
1896—#22166
1895—#19078
1894—#20272
1893—#21264
1892—#21368
1891—#23348
1890—#21261
1889—#20562
1888—#24550
1887—#25439
1886—#21661
1885—#28235
1884—#25147
1883—#20354
1882—#24846
1881—#31826
1880—#28334
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Don was already there! It came in at #283, and was given to 34 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 35 boys a year got the name.

See more about Don
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#1,776 → #1,793)
  • 77 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #1,793)
  • 349 spots since 2015 (#1,444 → #1,793)
  • Biggest jump: 87 spots in 1995 (#683 → #596)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 2002 (#873 → #1,003)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1934 at #50 (3,926 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 31 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1926–1949
  • Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1880–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 263
  • Highest: 1 in 263 boys born in 1934 were named Don (0.38%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 21.6% of all boys named Don (36,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s454#203 (1883)#251
1890s620#190 (1895)#219
1900s817#193 (1908)#213
1910s5,683#145 (1919)#168
1920s16,941#78 (1929)#113
1930s35,980#50 (1934)#55
1940s36,255#62 (1940)#77
1950s29,452#107 (1950)#117
1960s22,123#115 (1960)#151
1970s8,496#203 (1970)#253
1980s4,989#298 (1981)#379
1990s2,638#538 (1991)#660
2000s1,530#829 (2000)#1,098
2010s1,072#1,352 (2013)#1,534
2020s582#1,551 (2022)#1,703

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Don in 1977

girls
#6,892
8 births · 1 in 191,643 girls
boys
#268
732 births · 1 in 2,245 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #6,892Don8

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #268Don732
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 191,643 of them was named Don, which outranked 39.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Don
  1. #6,340Yuri9
  2. #6,340Yvetta9
  3. #6,340Zora9
  4. #6,892Don8
  5. #6,892Aarti8
  6. #6,892Abimbola8
  7. #6,892Adenike8
  8. #7,567Adel7
  9. #7,567Adonna7
  10. #7,567Adora7

Tied with 674 names at #6,892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,245 of them was named Don, which outranked 96.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Don
  1. #265Fred747
  2. #266Julian745
  3. #267Leroy734
  4. #268Don732
  5. #269Spencer731
  6. #270Grant725
  7. #271Garrett721
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →