Donell
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #11,409 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 89.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 93 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,827since 1915
Donell 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,320 | 17 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,072 | 37 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,005 | 39 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,721 | 44 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,513 | 48 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,297 | 51 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,643 | 40 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,922 | 33 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,224 | 47 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,185 | 47 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,681 | 68 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,199 | 42 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,235 | 40 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,890 | 49 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,254 | 36 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,716 | 52 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,638 | 54 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,452 | 63 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,396 | 66 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #1,287 | 74 |
| 1989 | — | #1,411 | 60 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,296 | 63 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #1,218 | 63 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,144 | 68 |
| 1985 | — | #1,011 | 81 | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #1,096 | 67 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #1,006 | 77 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #1,059 | 74 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #1,009 | 81 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #1,004 | 81 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #974 | 83 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #961 | 81 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #873 | 94 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #890 | 87 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #916 | 80 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #885 | 83 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #898 | 79 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #851 | 89 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | #958 | 72 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #1,016 | 64 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | #829 | 78 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #900 | 64 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #860 | 71 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #831 | 78 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #849 | 80 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #906 | 68 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | #912 | 69 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #990 | 61 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #813 | 88 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #766 | 99 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #907 | 69 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #795 | 89 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #762 | 93 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #836 | 77 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #842 | 74 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #833 | 74 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #828 | 72 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #919 | 58 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #967 | 51 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
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| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donell! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Donell
- 2,541 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,446)
- 150 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #6,446)
- 1,388 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1949 (#1,280 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1961 (#813 → #990)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1956 at #762 (93 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1951–1969
- Highest: 1 in 17,481 boys born in 1977 were named Donell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #762 in 1956, was only 1 in 22,745 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.8% of all boys named Donell (812) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 | #2,829 (1915) | #3,227 |
| 1920s | 107 | #1,846 (1926) | #2,528 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,189 (1934) | #1,677 |
| 1940s | 275 | #967 (1949) | #1,425 |
| 1950s | 752 | #762 (1956) | #851 |
| 1960s | 724 | #813 (1960) | #882 |
| 1970s | 812 | #851 (1972) | #922 |
| 1980s | 715 | #1,004 (1980) | #1,125 |
| 1990s | 515 | #1,287 (1990) | #1,817 |
| 2000s | 442 | #1,681 (2000) | #2,623 |
| 2010s | 209 | #3,072 (2010) | #4,945 |
| 2020s | 65 | #6,296 (2020) | #7,451 |
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.
Donell in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 109,510 of them was named Donell, which outranked 58.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,425Yakima15
- #4,425Yolande15
- #4,425Zina15
- #4,652Donell14
- #4,652Abbi14
- #4,652Adi14
- #4,652Adrain14
- #4,942Acacia13
- #4,942Afi13
- #4,942Aishah13
Tied with 289 names at #4,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 17,481 of them was named Donell, which outranked 87.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.