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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #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 1931

girls
#316
411 births · 1 in 2,591 girls
boys
#2,471
10 births · 1 in 103,967 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #316Dona411

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #2,471Dona10
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 2,591 of them was named Dona, which outranked 93.7% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dona
  1. #313Selma420
  2. #314Myrna415
  3. #315Elva414
  4. #316Dona411
  5. #317Lizzie406
  6. #318Lupe403
  7. #319Lavonne402
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

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

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 103,967 of them was named Dona, which outranked 42.8% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dona
  1. #2,328Wendelin11
  2. #2,328Ysmael11
  3. #2,328Zoltan11
  4. #2,471Dona10
  5. #2,471Abbott10
  6. #2,471Alfons10
  7. #2,471Alpheus10
  8. #2,651Addie9
  9. #2,651Agnes9
  10. #2,651Albion9

Tied with 179 names at #2,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931