Dondi
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #9,825 · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #9,392
Given to boys 67.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 47 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 766since 1956
Dondi over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
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| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
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| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
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| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
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| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
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| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | #1,400 | 37 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #1,492 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | #1,258 | 36 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | #1,345 | 32 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,081 | 47 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #1,384 | 32 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | #1,108 | 48 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #1,108 | 50 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,821 | 19 |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five boys were named Dondi! It came in at #1,821, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dondi
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1965 at #1,081 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 7 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 39,578
- Highest: 1 in 39,578 boys born in 1965 were named Dondi (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,586 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 47.4% of all boys named Dondi (363) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1988
- Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 89 | #1,388 (1957) | #1,741 |
| 1960s | 363 | #1,081 (1965) | #1,330 |
| 1970s | 178 | #1,400 (1971) | #2,480 |
| 1980s | 76 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,245 |
| 1990s | 54 | #5,236 (1992) | #6,756 |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,392 (2002) | #9,392 |
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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