Donnell
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 93.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 248 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,279since 1912
Donnell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,740 | 29 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,689 | 46 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,347 | 34 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,262 | 60 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,493 | 51 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,936 | 75 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,870 | 78 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,701 | 89 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,763 | 82 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,711 | 88 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,866 | 75 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,536 | 105 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,852 | 79 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,361 | 125 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,287 | 135 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,202 | 139 |
| 2005 | — | #1,362 | 110 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,163 | 134 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,305 | 107 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,154 | 123 | |
| 2001 | — | #987 | 155 | |
| 2000 | — | #993 | 149 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,028 | 135 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,032 | 131 | |
| 1997 | — | #873 | 159 | |
| 1996 | — | #846 | 165 | |
| 1995 | — | #820 | 171 | |
| 1994 | — | #745 | 197 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #748 | 195 |
| 1992 | — | #724 | 203 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #703 | 207 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #652 | 239 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #632 | 249 |
| 1988 | — | #614 | 239 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #610 | 220 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #623 | 206 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #593 | 217 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #534 | 259 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #572 | 218 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #498 | 290 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #521 | 260 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #516 | 271 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #537 | 249 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #587 | 205 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #552 | 227 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #505 | 254 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #488 | 269 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #494 | 265 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 | #486 | 256 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #508 | 238 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | #491 | 268 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | #492 | 271 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 | #481 | 254 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | #479 | 248 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 | #482 | 243 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | #510 | 220 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | #524 | 214 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 | #506 | 240 |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 | #540 | 214 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | #488 | 263 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 | #551 | 205 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | #527 | 225 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | #541 | 209 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | #522 | 217 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | #554 | 195 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | #523 | 205 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #564 | 171 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | #604 | 150 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #556 | 162 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #569 | 150 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #601 | 134 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #565 | 143 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #722 | 90 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | #729 | 85 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #788 | 76 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #838 | 62 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #899 | 50 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #898 | 50 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,053 | 41 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #888 | 55 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #847 | 56 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #994 | 42 |
| 1939 | — | #1,070 | 36 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,109 | 34 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #1,040 | 38 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,038 | 39 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,126 | 36 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,128 | 36 |
| 1930 | — | #1,080 | 41 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,296 | 30 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | — | #1,278 | 32 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,448 | 27 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donnell! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Donnell is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#125 · 1 in 546
- Maryland#258 · 1 in 1,952
- Missouri#357 · 1 in 3,796
- Virginia#387 · 1 in 3,613
- Connecticut#390 · 1 in 4,514
Best ever in a state: #78 in District of Columbia, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #125 | 17 | 1 in 546 |
| Maryland | #258 | 17 | 1 in 1,952 |
| Missouri | #357 | 10 | 1 in 3,796 |
| Virginia | #387 | 12 | 1 in 3,613 |
| Connecticut | #390 | 5 | 1 in 4,514 |
| Illinois | #451 | 21 | 1 in 4,249 |
| New York | #460 | 29 | 1 in 4,788 |
| North Carolina | #465 | 10 | 1 in 4,752 |
| Louisiana | #490 | 8 | 1 in 3,906 |
| Massachusetts | #502 | 5 | 1 in 8,803 |
| South Carolina | #517 | 5 | 1 in 4,855 |
| Pennsylvania | #539 | 10 | 1 in 8,228 |
| Indiana | #546 | 5 | 1 in 8,104 |
| Georgia | #599 | 8 | 1 in 6,270 |
| Ohio | #606 | 8 | 1 in 9,976 |
| Michigan | #633 | 8 | 1 in 8,877 |
| New Jersey | #651 | 6 | 1 in 9,128 |
| Florida | #662 | 11 | 1 in 8,337 |
| Texas | #939 | 10 | 1 in 15,324 |
| California | #1,030 | 15 | 1 in 19,352 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Donnell
- 521 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #4,050)
- 1,361 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #4,050)
- 2,180 spots since 2015 (#1,870 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 157 spots in 1950 (#722 → #565)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 2002 (#987 → #1,154)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1968 at #479 (248 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1944–1997
- Highest: 1 in 5,804 boys born in 1975 were named Donnell (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #479 in 1968, was only 1 in 7,008 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.5% of all boys named Donnell (2,502) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 102 | #1,528 (1917) | #2,068 |
| 1920s | 244 | #1,272 (1928) | #1,583 |
| 1930s | 360 | #989 (1936) | #1,104 |
| 1940s | 607 | #722 (1949) | #866 |
| 1950s | 1,736 | #522 (1958) | #560 |
| 1960s | 2,326 | #479 (1968) | #509 |
| 1970s | 2,502 | #486 (1973) | #514 |
| 1980s | 2,429 | #498 (1982) | #571 |
| 1990s | 1,802 | #652 (1990) | #817 |
| 2000s | 1,256 | #987 (2001) | #1,267 |
| 2010s | 737 | #1,536 (2010) | #2,049 |
| 2020s | 178 | #2,689 (2020) | #3,840 |
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.
Donnell in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 271,221 of them was named Donnell, which outranked 33.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,247Zenani8
- #9,247Zohra8
- #9,247Zora8
- #10,193Donnell7
- #10,193Abaigeal7
- #10,193Abel7
- #10,193Abeni7
- #11,409Aariel6
- #11,409Aarion6
- #11,409Abagael6
Tied with 1,215 names at #10,193; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 8,594 of them was named Donnell, which outranked 93.1% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).