Donnie
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
Given to boys 89.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 1,732 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 60,928since 1882
Donnie 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 | — | #1,793 | 89 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,767 | 93 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,928 | 81 |
| 2022 | — | #1,782 | 92 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,721 | 94 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,815 | 82 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,849 | 81 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,886 | 79 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #1,594 | 101 |
| 2016 | — | #1,501 | 113 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,427 | 120 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,348 | 127 |
| 2013 | — | #1,500 | 108 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,428 | 116 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,524 | 104 |
| 2010 | — | #1,316 | 130 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,390 | 122 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,319 | 132 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,223 | 144 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #1,249 | 134 |
| 2005 | — | #1,225 | 129 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #1,183 | 131 |
| 2003 | — | #1,029 | 153 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,064 | 142 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,024 | 144 |
| 2000 | — | #949 | 160 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #905 | 165 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #812 | 185 |
| 1997 | — | #799 | 183 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #802 | 179 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #799 | 180 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #745 | 197 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #665 | 240 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #641 | 258 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #620 | 270 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #544 | 339 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #593 | 271 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #529 | 297 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #489 | 329 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #494 | 312 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #471 | 340 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #423 | 384 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #392 | 425 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #384 | 440 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #366 | 477 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #337 | 551 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #323 | 579 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #304 | 595 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #303 | 641 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #275 | 703 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #264 | 739 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #255 | 759 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | #249 | 786 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #246 | 861 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #251 | 892 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | #252 | 913 |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | #251 | 830 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 | #242 | 874 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | #244 | 836 |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 | #239 | 871 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | #234 | 971 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 | #226 | 1,109 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 | #222 | 1,153 |
| 1962 | #1,429 | 60 | #212 | 1,303 |
| 1961 | #1,144 | 92 | #207 | 1,379 |
| 1960 | #1,280 | 74 | #193 | 1,564 |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 | #184 | 1,640 |
| 1958 | #1,069 | 96 | #181 | 1,598 |
| 1957 | #1,177 | 80 | #177 | 1,717 |
| 1956 | #1,023 | 100 | #173 | 1,723 |
| 1955 | #1,050 | 92 | #169 | 1,672 |
| 1954 | #940 | 105 | #162 | 1,770 |
| 1953 | #886 | 113 | #156 | 1,790 |
| 1952 | #893 | 107 | #156 | 1,805 |
| 1951 | #891 | 103 | #150 | 1,732 |
| 1950 | #916 | 94 | #150 | 1,724 |
| 1949 | #782 | 122 | #156 | 1,619 |
| 1948 | #715 | 138 | #162 | 1,482 |
| 1947 | #780 | 122 | #168 | 1,419 |
| 1946 | #703 | 131 | #165 | 1,275 |
| 1945 | #688 | 118 | #168 | 991 |
| 1944 | #651 | 129 | #171 | 983 |
| 1943 | #605 | 154 | #180 | 920 |
| 1942 | #662 | 128 | #191 | 837 |
| 1941 | #572 | 148 | #187 | 786 |
| 1940 | #649 | 115 | #197 | 674 |
| 1939 | #628 | 116 | #196 | 641 |
| 1938 | #603 | 129 | #207 | 595 |
| 1937 | #540 | 152 | #199 | 620 |
| 1936 | #547 | 144 | #224 | 505 |
| 1935 | #574 | 126 | #263 | 425 |
| 1934 | #612 | 116 | #270 | 403 |
| 1933 | #646 | 103 | #293 | 325 |
| 1932 | #643 | 108 | #315 | 303 |
| 1931 | #623 | 113 | #364 | 237 |
| 1930 | #667 | 106 | #445 | 175 |
| 1929 | #691 | 103 | #491 | 142 |
| 1928 | #742 | 91 | #547 | 123 |
| 1927 | #747 | 92 | #668 | 91 |
| 1926 | #680 | 115 | #813 | 66 |
| 1925 | #712 | 107 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | #703 | 112 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #718 | 103 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #742 | 96 | #949 | 54 |
| 1921 | #766 | 91 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | #750 | 93 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #762 | 85 | #877 | 57 |
| 1918 | #731 | 96 | #1,211 | 33 |
| 1917 | #703 | 96 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #824 | 67 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #696 | 91 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #666 | 76 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #667 | 61 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #659 | 58 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #624 | 47 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #624 | 39 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #614 | 37 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #776 | 22 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #510 | 44 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #559 | 36 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 | — | |
| 1901 | #475 | 40 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #457 | 54 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #537 | 31 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 | — | |
| 1897 | #462 | 40 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #635 | 24 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #442 | 37 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #429 | 35 | — | |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 | — | |
| 1880 | #367 | 20 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Donnie! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Donnie
- 26 spots since 2024 (#1,767 → #1,793)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #1,793)
- 366 spots since 2015 (#1,427 → #1,793)
- Biggest jump: 334 spots in 1919 (#1,211 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 417 spots in 1906 (#836 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1951 at #150 (1,732 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1922–2000
- Highest: 1 in 1,038 boys born in 1950 were named Donnie (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #150 in 1951, was only 1 in 1,087 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.2% of all boys named Donnie (17,171) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1927, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #752 (1887) | #858 |
| 1890s | 50 | #674 (1896) | #876 |
| 1900s | 70 | #783 (1903) | #972 |
| 1910s | 301 | #871 (1913) | #1,045 |
| 1920s | 722 | #491 (1929) | #853 |
| 1930s | 4,229 | #196 (1939) | #278 |
| 1940s | 10,986 | #156 (1949) | #175 |
| 1950s | 17,171 | #150 (1951) | #166 |
| 1960s | 10,890 | #193 (1960) | #227 |
| 1970s | 7,468 | #246 (1972) | #272 |
| 1980s | 3,826 | #337 (1980) | #448 |
| 1990s | 2,196 | #544 (1990) | #733 |
| 2000s | 1,391 | #949 (2000) | #1,166 |
| 2010s | 1,079 | #1,316 (2010) | #1,537 |
| 2020s | 531 | #1,721 (2021) | #1,801 |
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.
Donnie in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 56,072 of them was named Donnie, which outranked 73.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,743Tomara27
- #2,743Tywanna27
- #2,743Zelda27
- #2,811Donnie26
- #2,811Alita26
- #2,811Amara26
- #2,811Anessa26
- #2,881Aliza25
- #2,881Amira25
- #2,881Arika25
Tied with 69 names at #2,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 2,113 of them was named Donnie, which outranked 95.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.