Donette

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798

Peak · girls
1962 · 53 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,091
since 1935

Donette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Donette has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #1,540, 1962girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1988#11,7985
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1986#6,61210
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1982#5,91111
1981#6,32310
1980#5,91211
1979#7,3138
1978#5,95810
1977#3,48621
1976#3,28721
1975#2,96924
1974#3,42619
1973#3,63517
1972#3,06221
1971#1,93744
1970#2,12038
1969#2,29631
1968#2,02435
1967#1,78342
1966#1,73642
1965#2,11031
1964#1,68647
1963#1,86739
1962#1,54053
1961#1,78841
1960#1,78940
1959#1,91834
1958#1,93932
1957#1,78437
1956#1,79635
1955#1,77435
1954#2,69517
1953#1,87229
1952#2,07424
1951#2,57716
1950#2,05322
1949#2,99912
1948#2,25519
1947#1,82228
1946#3,6658
1945#2,59812
1944#3,1399
1943#2,44714
1942#3,7387
1941#3,9546
1940#4,3495
1939#3,4297
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First appearance
1935

The first year at least five girls were named Donette! It came in at #4,204, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1935–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Donette
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1935
  • Peaked 1962 at #1,540 (53 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 37,106
  • Highest: 1 in 37,106 girls born in 1962 were named Donette (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 356,171 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 36.8% of all girls named Donette (401) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s19#3,429 (1939)#3,689
1940s120#1,822 (1947)#3,097
1950s281#1,774 (1955)#2,048
1960s401#1,540 (1962)#1,862
1970s223#1,937 (1971)#3,719
1980s47#5,911 (1982)#7,311

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.

Donette in 1935

girls
#4,204
5 births · 1 in 209,715 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #4,204Donette5
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 209,715 of them was named Donette, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donette
  1. #3,742Zela6
  2. #3,742Zeola6
  3. #3,742Zera6
  4. #4,204Donette5
  5. #4,204Aaron5
  6. #4,204Abelina5
  7. #4,204Adean5

Tied with 689 names at #4,204; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935