Donnalee
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 966since 1926
Donnalee over time
Rank among girls' names. Donnalee 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.
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| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
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| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Donnalee! It came in at #3,564, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Donnalee is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#507 · 1 in 8,789
- Pennsylvania#656 · 1 in 15,979
Best ever in a state: #431 in Massachusetts, 1946.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #507 | 12 | 1 in 8,789 |
| Pennsylvania | #656 | 5 | 1 in 15,979 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Donnalee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1944 at #1,272 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,031 girls born in 1944 were named Donnalee (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 255,108 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- 35.9% of all girls named Donnalee (347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 44 | #2,381 (1928) | #2,909 |
| 1930s | 186 | #1,413 (1938) | #2,019 |
| 1940s | 347 | #1,272 (1944) | #1,467 |
| 1950s | 192 | #1,805 (1951) | #2,627 |
| 1960s | 147 | #2,196 (1960) | #3,782 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,984 (1975) | #8,380 |
| 1980s | 22 | #9,110 (1981) | #10,347 |
| 1990s | 17 | #10,569 (1994) | #12,386 |
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.
Donnalee in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 34,031 of them was named Donnalee, which outranked 75.7% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,255Santos40
- #1,255Shiela40
- #1,255Teena40
- #1,272Donnalee39
- #1,272Adelia39
- #1,272Aida39
- #1,272Ardella39
- #1,293Aleta38
- #1,293Andria38
- #1,293Blondell38
Tied with 20 names at #1,272; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.