Dona

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1933 · 411 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,857
since 1880

Dona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dona has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #301, 1933girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#13,4776
2023#12,1977
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#12,7137
2016#11,7818
2015
2014#10,9559
2013#10,23510
2012#10,42910
2011
2010#8,70113
2009#13,7047
2008#12,5798
2007#10,81810
2006#11,4179
2005#14,5026
2004#9,26411
2003#7,99813
2002#10,2469
2001#6,61916
2000#10,7458
1999#5,89617
1998#6,71914
1997#5,41718
1996#7,13012
1995#6,64113
1994#5,44517
1993#6,62213
1992#3,86627
1991#3,72228
1990#3,71428
1989#3,40230
1988#3,30629
1987#3,52425
1986#3,64523
1985#2,93931
1984#3,14427
1983#2,72132
1982#2,45139#6,3855
1981#2,84731
1980#1,90456
1979#2,21844
1978#1,98748
1977#1,85754
1976#1,84050
1975#1,62560
1974#1,38674
1973#1,16993
1972#1,105101
1971#1,039117
1970#880151
1969#836153
1968#826151
1967#748173
1966#690201
1965#703197
1964#648248
1963#647243#3,3187
1962#593281
1961#591290
1960#555310
1959#524343#3,6196
1958#532331
1957#515342#3,5526
1956#448420#3,2167
1955#437418
1954#391487#3,8275
1953#437404
1952#447369
1951#404418#2,6629
1950#411378
1949#424344
1948#412370#3,6685
1947#409389#3,7335
1946#402359
1945#419289
1944#375354#3,4305
1943#361397
1942#379354
1941#398297
1940#419267
1939#422259
1938#395287#3,5345
1937#382286#3,1756
1936#362303
1935#373287
1934#338348#3,6795
1933#301411#3,2686
1932#306425#3,7765
1931#316411#2,47110
1930#329401#3,0228
1929#340363
1928#346381#2,38712
1927#345376#2,70310
1926#403288#3,3857
1925#480212#3,7416
1924#541179
1923#524181#3,4677
1922#563161
1921#636135#2,9869
1920#680114
1919#695102#3,1158
1918#661115#3,7286
1917#657107
1916#667104
1915#74779
1914#72662
1913#74849
1912#70451
1911#62447
1910#66341#1,5895
1909#61440
1908#67832
1907#54544
1906#57038
1905#47651
1904#46350
1903#52737
1902#40060
1901#44145
1900#49946
1899#44343
1898#40159
1897#43246
1896#49935
1895#42644
1894#41445
1893#43936
1892#37152
1891#36247
1890#35452
1889#36244
1888#34946
1887#33241
1886#38731
1885#30643
1884#33734
1883#32430
1882#33628
1881#32524
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dona was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2011, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dona
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477#14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 80 spots in 1916 (#747#667)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1971 (#880#1,039)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1933 at #301 (411 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,452
  • Highest: 1 in 2,452 girls born in 1933 were named Dona (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Dona (3,910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s339#306 (1885)#345
1890s459#354 (1890)#414
1900s443#400 (1902)#521
1910s757#624 (1911)#689
1920s2,390#340 (1929)#486
1930s3,418#301 (1933)#352
1940s3,420#361 (1943)#400
1950s3,910#391 (1954)#455
1960s2,247#555 (1960)#684
1970s792#880 (1970)#1,511
1980s323#1,904 (1980)#2,988
1990s187#3,714 (1990)#5,517
2000s97#6,619 (2001)#10,789
2010s57#8,701 (2010)#10,802
2020s18#12,197 (2023)#13,539

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

Dona in 1930

girls
#329
401 births · 1 in 2,808 girls
boys
#3,022
8 births · 1 in 137,172 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #329Dona401

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #3,022Dona8
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 2,808 of them was named Dona, which outranked 93.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dona
  1. #326Lupe405
  2. #327John402
  3. #327Olivia402
  4. #329Dona401
  5. #330Ruthie397
  6. #331Dolly387
  7. #332Amy386
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 137,172 of them was named Dona, which outranked 33.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dona
  1. #2,781Zebedee9
  2. #2,781Zenon9
  3. #2,781Zoltan9
  4. #3,022Dona8
  5. #3,022Able8
  6. #3,022Achille8
  7. #3,022Admiral8
  8. #3,289Abdul7
  9. #3,289Ad7
  10. #3,289Addis7

Tied with 266 names at #3,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930