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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 56,565 of them was named Dondi, which outranked 72.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,205Tonyia30
- #2,205Wendolyn30
- #2,205Yasmin30
- #2,246Dondi29
- #2,246Aisha29
- #2,246Allegra29
- #2,246Anitra29
- #2,296Alise28
- #2,296Angelle28
- #2,296Angelo28
Tied with 49 names at #2,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 48,277 of them was named Dondi, which outranked 73.5% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,250Jammie37
- #1,250Melton37
- #1,250Noble37
- #1,258Dondi36
- #1,258Adalberto36
- #1,258Derron36
- #1,258Desi36
- #1,282Abner35
- #1,282Alain35
- #1,282Alva35
Tied with 23 names at #1,258; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.