Donn
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #6,948 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 341 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,553since 1912
Donn over time
Rank among boys' names. Donn has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,345 | 42 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,014 | 63 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,070 | 58 |
| 1970 | — | #875 | 85 | |
| 1969 | — | #846 | 82 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #788 | 88 |
| 1967 | — | #791 | 85 | |
| 1966 | — | #848 | 73 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #873 | 70 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #723 | 113 |
| 1963 | — | #773 | 97 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #750 | 103 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #726 | 112 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #657 | 141 |
| 1959 | — | #634 | 149 | |
| 1958 | — | #615 | 156 | |
| 1957 | — | #587 | 171 | |
| 1956 | — | #626 | 147 | |
| 1955 | — | #528 | 193 | |
| 1954 | — | #566 | 168 | |
| 1953 | — | #510 | 190 | |
| 1952 | — | #517 | 182 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #462 | 216 |
| 1950 | — | #424 | 250 | |
| 1949 | — | #366 | 341 | |
| 1948 | — | #530 | 157 | |
| 1947 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1946 | — | #556 | 131 | |
| 1945 | — | #599 | 102 | |
| 1944 | — | #642 | 92 | |
| 1943 | — | #703 | 83 | |
| 1942 | — | #646 | 97 | |
| 1941 | — | #662 | 85 | |
| 1940 | — | #653 | 85 | |
| 1939 | — | #663 | 80 | |
| 1938 | — | #644 | 86 | |
| 1937 | — | #722 | 70 | |
| 1936 | — | #742 | 66 | |
| 1935 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1934 | — | #601 | 96 | |
| 1933 | — | #619 | 87 | |
| 1932 | — | #620 | 92 | |
| 1931 | — | #717 | 72 | |
| 1930 | — | #599 | 103 | |
| 1929 | — | #527 | 122 | |
| 1928 | — | #629 | 96 | |
| 1927 | — | #659 | 93 | |
| 1926 | — | #654 | 93 | |
| 1925 | — | #814 | 66 | |
| 1924 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,120 | 40 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Donn! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2004, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Donn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1925 (#984 → #814)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1971 (#875 → #1,070)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1949 at #366 (341 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1924–1970
- Highest: 1 in 5,202 boys born in 1949 were named Donn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 27.8% of all boys named Donn (1,822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 145 | #1,362 (1917) | #1,623 |
| 1920s | 671 | #527 (1929) | #902 |
| 1930s | 827 | #599 (1930) | #662 |
| 1940s | 1,294 | #366 (1949) | #598 |
| 1950s | 1,822 | #424 (1950) | #547 |
| 1960s | 964 | #657 (1960) | #778 |
| 1970s | 458 | #875 (1970) | #1,391 |
| 1980s | 207 | #1,852 (1980) | #2,568 |
| 1990s | 85 | #3,779 (1990) | #6,577 |
| 2000s | 46 | #4,389 (2000) | #9,345 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,889 (2019) | #10,964 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,294 |
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.
Donn in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 288,849 of them was named Donn, which outranked 29.5% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,773Xenia8
- #4,773Yolando8
- #4,773Zsazsa8
- #5,168Donn7
- #5,168Adrain7
- #5,168Adrien7
- #5,168Aggie7
- #5,696Adalia6
- #5,696Adra6
- #5,696Adrea6
Tied with 527 names at #5,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 15,123 of them was named Donn, which outranked 85.7% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).