Donna
#1,962 for girls in 2025, 98 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 36,468 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 51 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 831,641since 1880
Donna over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #1,962 | 98 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,925 | 103 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,984 | 99 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,885 | 105 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,545 | 137 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,763 | 116 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,554 | 139 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,716 | 124 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,757 | 118 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,437 | 160 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,403 | 163 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,328 | 176 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,273 | 188 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,204 | 199 | — | |
| 2010 | #983 | 258 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,007 | 262 | — | |
| 2008 | #962 | 278 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,016 | 261 | — | |
| 2006 | #830 | 325 | — | |
| 2005 | #834 | 305 | — | |
| 2004 | #782 | 331 | — | |
| 2003 | #769 | 323 | — | |
| 2002 | #672 | 376 | — | |
| 2001 | #699 | 355 | — | |
| 2000 | #659 | 370 | — | |
| 1999 | #632 | 373 | — | |
| 1998 | #567 | 433 | — | |
| 1997 | #554 | 422 | — | |
| 1996 | #557 | 420 | — | |
| 1995 | #498 | 492 | — | |
| 1994 | #382 | 662 | — | |
| 1993 | #433 | 581 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #380 | 679 | — | |
| 1991 | #350 | 739 | — | |
| 1990 | #319 | 861 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #270 | 992 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #251 | 1,040 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #248 | 1,031 | — | |
| 1986 | #259 | 992 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #219 | 1,191 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #221 | 1,181 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #192 | 1,378 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #179 | 1,530 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #167 | 1,700 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #144 | 2,009 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #131 | 2,198 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #120 | 2,459 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #113 | 2,581 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #93 | 3,032 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #85 | 3,422 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #67 | 4,354 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #55 | 5,058 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #45 | 6,257 | #1,327 | 40 |
| 1971 | #38 | 8,013 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #32 | 9,968 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #26 | 11,447 | #1,492 | 29 |
| 1968 | #24 | 12,748 | #1,083 | 47 |
| 1967 | #19 | 14,787 | #986 | 54 |
| 1966 | #12 | 17,037 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1965 | #7 | 19,700 | #1,031 | 51 |
| 1964 | #7 | 23,808 | #1,059 | 51 |
| 1963 | #6 | 25,405 | #906 | 68 |
| 1962 | #7 | 25,719 | #902 | 71 |
| 1961 | #7 | 28,679 | #874 | 76 |
| 1960 | #5 | 34,138 | #862 | 78 |
| 1959 | #5 | 36,468 | #906 | 71 |
| 1958 | #10 | 26,959 | #1,040 | 54 |
| 1957 | #10 | 28,042 | #989 | 59 |
| 1956 | #10 | 29,852 | #940 | 63 |
| 1955 | #10 | 27,940 | #1,011 | 55 |
| 1954 | #11 | 27,429 | #1,112 | 45 |
| 1953 | #13 | 24,227 | #999 | 52 |
| 1952 | #13 | 23,718 | #1,245 | 35 |
| 1951 | #12 | 24,074 | #1,279 | 33 |
| 1950 | #13 | 21,629 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #12 | 22,056 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1948 | #11 | 22,033 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1947 | #10 | 23,517 | #1,093 | 44 |
| 1946 | #13 | 19,770 | #897 | 54 |
| 1945 | #17 | 15,397 | #954 | 46 |
| 1944 | #17 | 15,173 | #888 | 51 |
| 1943 | #17 | 14,912 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #20 | 12,987 | #933 | 50 |
| 1941 | #20 | 10,446 | #925 | 47 |
| 1940 | #23 | 9,232 | #929 | 47 |
| 1939 | #20 | 9,371 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #20 | 9,693 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #21 | 8,887 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #22 | 7,932 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #23 | 7,793 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #23 | 7,870 | #1,092 | 36 |
| 1933 | #24 | 7,360 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #29 | 7,362 | #1,198 | 32 |
| 1931 | #32 | 6,600 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #37 | 5,978 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #47 | 5,139 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #61 | 4,470 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #70 | 3,992 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #90 | 3,008 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #110 | 2,429 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #131 | 2,125 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #156 | 1,578 | — | |
| 1922 | #166 | 1,349 | — | |
| 1921 | #189 | 1,111 | — | |
| 1920 | #202 | 959 | — | |
| 1919 | #225 | 774 | — | |
| 1918 | #233 | 746 | — | |
| 1917 | #243 | 652 | — | |
| 1916 | #247 | 606 | — | |
| 1915 | #267 | 483 | — | |
| 1914 | #310 | 283 | — | |
| 1913 | #291 | 266 | — | |
| 1912 | #298 | 227 | — | |
| 1911 | #324 | 149 | — | |
| 1910 | #378 | 107 | — | |
| 1909 | #323 | 123 | — | |
| 1908 | #365 | 98 | — | |
| 1907 | #354 | 100 | — | |
| 1906 | #368 | 84 | — | |
| 1905 | #439 | 59 | — | |
| 1904 | #412 | 61 | — | |
| 1903 | #361 | 78 | — | |
| 1902 | #416 | 55 | — | |
| 1901 | #411 | 53 | — | |
| 1900 | #375 | 79 | — | |
| 1899 | #402 | 52 | — | |
| 1898 | #427 | 52 | — | |
| 1897 | #397 | 53 | — | |
| 1896 | #457 | 40 | — | |
| 1895 | #426 | 44 | — | |
| 1894 | #418 | 44 | — | |
| 1893 | #414 | 42 | — | |
| 1892 | #406 | 43 | — | |
| 1891 | #404 | 37 | — | |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | — | |
| 1889 | #379 | 41 | — | |
| 1888 | #403 | 37 | — | |
| 1887 | #348 | 38 | — | |
| 1886 | #400 | 29 | — | |
| 1885 | #405 | 26 | — | |
| 1884 | #425 | 22 | — | |
| 1883 | #411 | 21 | — | |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 | — | |
| 1881 | #434 | 15 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Donna was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 23 girls a year got the name.
See more about Donna
- 37 spots since 2024 (#1,925 → #1,962)
- 417 spots since 2020 (#1,545 → #1,962)
- 525 spots since 2015 (#1,437 → #1,962)
- Biggest jump: 71 spots in 1906 (#439 → #368)
- Biggest drop: 221 spots in 2011 (#983 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1959 at #5 (36,468 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: 12 yrs · run 1955–1965
- Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1926–1976
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2006
- Highest: 1 in 55 girls born in 1959 were named Donna (1.8%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,401 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 32.5% of all girls named Donna (270,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 265 | #348 (1887) | #403 |
| 1890s | 440 | #397 (1897) | #420 |
| 1900s | 790 | #323 (1909) | #382 |
| 1910s | 4,293 | #225 (1919) | #282 |
| 1920s | 26,160 | #47 (1929) | #122 |
| 1930s | 78,846 | #20 (1938) | #25 |
| 1940s | 165,523 | #10 (1947) | #16 |
| 1950s | 270,338 | #5 (1959) | #11 |
| 1960s | 213,468 | #5 (1960) | #12 |
| 1970s | 47,342 | #32 (1970) | #78 |
| 1980s | 13,044 | #144 (1980) | #215 |
| 1990s | 5,662 | #319 (1990) | #467 |
| 2000s | 3,186 | #659 (2000) | #823 |
| 2010s | 1,641 | #983 (2010) | #1,442 |
| 2020s | 643 | #1,545 (2020) | #1,876 |
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.
Donna in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 71 of them was named Donna, which outranked 99.8% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 45,306 of them was named Donna, which outranked 74.5% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,101Mitch46
- #1,101Murry46
- #1,101Rodrigo46
- #1,112Donna45
- #1,112Arne45
- #1,112Carrol45
- #1,112Charlton45
- #1,122Abelardo44
- #1,122Brice44
- #1,122Donal44
Tied with 9 names at #1,112; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.