Donella
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 47 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,823since 1910
Donella over time
Rank among girls' names. Donella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Donella! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Donella
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1950 at #1,333 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,129 girls born in 1974 were named Donella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,333 in 1950, was only 1 in 36,448 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.3% of all girls named Donella (333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 53 | #2,384 (1915) | #3,259 |
| 1920s | 161 | #1,785 (1922) | #2,326 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,803 (1931) | #2,179 |
| 1940s | 244 | #1,437 (1949) | #1,822 |
| 1950s | 312 | #1,333 (1950) | #1,984 |
| 1960s | 305 | #1,755 (1969) | #2,271 |
| 1970s | 333 | #1,755 (1970) | #2,611 |
| 1980s | 183 | #3,527 (1984) | #4,465 |
| 1990s | 69 | #5,399 (1991) | #9,225 |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,405 (2008) | #15,405 |
| 2010s | 6 | #13,793 (2018) | #13,793 |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Donella in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 41,729 of them was named Donella, which outranked 76.3% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,423Santa42
- #1,423Sharolyn42
- #1,423Suzy42
- #1,437Donella41
- #1,437Alda41
- #1,437Corene41
- #1,437Elmira41
- #1,452Abbie40
- #1,452Arthur40
- #1,452Babette40
Tied with 14 names at #1,437; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.