Donaven
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 2002 · 66 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,186since 1973
Donaven over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Donaven has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #3,625 | 29 |
| 2011 | #2,376 | 53 |
| 2010 | #2,874 | 41 |
| 2009 | #2,252 | 58 |
| 2008 | #2,684 | 46 |
| 2007 | #2,164 | 62 |
| 2006 | #2,102 | 62 |
| 2005 | #2,081 | 59 |
| 2004 | #2,489 | 44 |
| 2003 | #2,031 | 56 |
| 2002 | #1,744 | 66 |
| 2001 | #1,763 | 64 |
| 2000 | #2,175 | 46 |
| 1999 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1998 | #1,811 | 55 |
| 1997 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #2,346 | 33 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Donaven! It came in at #5,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1980, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Donaven is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Donaven in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 180 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #9,714)
- 1,647 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #9,714)
- 4,207 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2002 at #1,744 (66 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29,417
- Highest: 1 in 29,417 boys born in 2002 were named Donaven (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 47.5% of all boys named Donaven (563) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,101 (1973) | #5,437 |
| 1980s | 60 | #3,705 (1988) | #4,839 |
| 1990s | 301 | #1,811 (1998) | #2,685 |
| 2000s | 563 | #1,744 (2002) | #2,149 |
| 2010s | 208 | #2,376 (2011) | #5,903 |
| 2020s | 44 | #7,768 (2022) | #9,735 |
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.
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