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
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 47 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 766since 1956
Dondi over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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.
Where Dondi is popular in 1962
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#615 · 1 in 22,190
- New York#919 · 1 in 34,961
Best ever in a state: #521 in Louisiana, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #615 | 5 | 1 in 22,190 |
| New York | #919 | 5 | 1 in 34,961 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dondi
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1965 at #1,081 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 47.4% of all boys named Dondi (363) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 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.
Dondi in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 81,942 of them was named Dondi, which outranked 67.5% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,414Vada25
- #2,414Verda25
- #2,414Veta25
- #2,463Dondi24
- #2,463Adrianna24
- #2,463Alba24
- #2,463Albert24
- #2,539Adair23
- #2,539Alise23
- #2,539Apryl23
Tied with 75 names at #2,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 43,099 of them was named Dondi, which outranked 76.1% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,091Olen49
- #1,091Regis49
- #1,091Rigoberto49
- #1,108Dondi48
- #1,108Allison48
- #1,108Dario48
- #1,108Davy48
- #1,121Andreas47
- #1,121Arron47
- #1,121Brion47
Tied with 12 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.