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

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Peak · boys
1951 · 1,732 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
60,928
since 1882

Donnie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #367, 1880peak #150, 1951girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,79389
2024#1,76793
2023#13,4626#1,92881
2022#1,78292
2021#1,72194
2020#1,81582
2019#1,84981
2018#1,88679
2017#15,9025#1,594101
2016#1,501113
2015#1,427120
2014#16,5135#1,348127
2013#1,500108
2012#1,428116
2011#16,7645#1,524104
2010#1,316130
2009#1,390122
2008#1,319132
2007#1,223144
2006#13,6067#1,249134
2005#1,225129
2004#11,6248#1,183131
2003#1,029153
2002#1,064142
2001#15,3525#1,024144
2000#949160
1999#10,3458#905165
1998#9,2609#812185
1997#799183
1996#11,8076#802179
1995#8,07910#799180
1994#7,09712#745197
1993#7,49811#665240
1992#11,7386#641258
1991#13,1475#620270
1990#8,5019#544339
1989#8,0379#593271
1988#8,3918#529297
1987#6,78810#489329
1986#9,5456#494312
1985#4,63516#471340
1984#9,1446#423384
1983#5,82411#392425
1982#4,52716#384440
1981#3,62522#366477
1980#4,14818#337551
1979#4,05218#323579
1978#4,67914#304595
1977#3,17624#303641
1976#2,93225#275703
1975#2,81126#264739
1974#2,75726#255759
1973#2,01940#249786
1972#2,45129#246861
1971#2,54229#251892
1970#1,98642#252913
1969#2,05837#251830
1968#2,16431#242874
1967#1,70245#244836
1966#1,51554#239871
1965#1,80140#234971
1964#1,61050#2261,109
1963#1,47857#2221,153
1962#1,42960#2121,303
1961#1,14492#2071,379
1960#1,28074#1931,564
1959#1,28170#1841,640
1958#1,06996#1811,598
1957#1,17780#1771,717
1956#1,023100#1731,723
1955#1,05092#1691,672
1954#940105#1621,770
1953#886113#1561,790
1952#893107#1561,805
1951#891103#1501,732
1950#91694#1501,724
1949#782122#1561,619
1948#715138#1621,482
1947#780122#1681,419
1946#703131#1651,275
1945#688118#168991
1944#651129#171983
1943#605154#180920
1942#662128#191837
1941#572148#187786
1940#649115#197674
1939#628116#196641
1938#603129#207595
1937#540152#199620
1936#547144#224505
1935#574126#263425
1934#612116#270403
1933#646103#293325
1932#643108#315303
1931#623113#364237
1930#667106#445175
1929#691103#491142
1928#74291#547123
1927#74792#66891
1926#680115#81366
1925#712107#81466
1924#703112#96053
1923#718103#97650
1922#74296#94954
1921#76691#1,26733
1920#75093#1,04544
1919#76285#87757
1918#73196#1,21133
1917#70396#1,03340
1916#82467#1,09635
1915#69691#96242
1914#66676#1,12726
1913#66761#87131
1912#65958#1,17416
1911#62447#1,11710
1910#59349#98111
1909#62439#1,0209
1908#52748#87710
1907#61437#1,2006
1906#77622#1,2535
1905#51044#8369
1904#55936#8748
1903#53936#7839
1902#61229
1901#47540#8587
1900#45754#1,0507
1899#53731#7868
1898#57132
1897#46240#9426
1896#63524#67411
1895#44041#9786
1894#55727#8577
1893#59423#1,0355
1892#44237#8617
1891#60819
1890#42935
1889#51624#8786
1888#51224
1887#56016#7527
1886#60614
1885#45921
1884#64011
1883#46517
1882#43118#9435
1881#44714
1880#36720
First appearance
1882

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1951 at #150 (1,732 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 97 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1922–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,038
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 28.2% of all boys named Donnie (17,171) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1928
  • Mostly girls until 1927, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#752 (1887)#858
1890s50#674 (1896)#876
1900s70#783 (1903)#972
1910s301#871 (1913)#1,045
1920s722#491 (1929)#853
1930s4,229#196 (1939)#278
1940s10,986#156 (1949)#175
1950s17,171#150 (1951)#166
1960s10,890#193 (1960)#227
1970s7,468#246 (1972)#272
1980s3,826#337 (1980)#448
1990s2,196#544 (1990)#733
2000s1,391#949 (2000)#1,166
2010s1,079#1,316 (2010)#1,537
2020s531#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 1992

girls
#11,738
6 births · 1 in 307,322 girls
boys
#641
258 births · 1 in 7,742 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #11,738Donnie6

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #641Donnie258
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 307,322 of them was named Donnie, which outranked 24.8% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donnie
  1. #10,479Zohal7
  2. #10,479Zohra7
  3. #10,479Zuly7
  4. #11,738Donnie6
  5. #11,738Aamina6
  6. #11,738Abcde6
  7. #11,738Abi6
  8. #13,317Aaisha5
  9. #13,317Aasia5
  10. #13,317Abagale5

Tied with 1,578 names at #11,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 2,282Darian#2,989#707
  2. 1,958Payton#2,660#702
  3. 1,450Peyton#2,034#584
  4. 1,115Chandler#1,656#541
  5. 1,080Brianda#1,857#777
Fallers
  1. 855Rebeccah#1,000#1,855
  2. 725Ieshia#717#1,442
  3. 502Miesha#997#1,499
  4. 470Unknown#794#1,264
  5. 356Phylicia#928#1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 7,742 of them was named Donnie, which outranked 93.5% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donnie
  1. #638Austen260
  2. #638Duncan260
  3. #640Brandyn259
  4. #641Donnie258
  5. #641Dylon258
  6. #643Jovan257
  7. #643Solomon257
  8. #645Irving255

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 6,348Dalvin#7,271#923
  2. 3,435Jalen#3,813#378
  3. 2,026Davante#2,828#802
  4. 1,555Davonta#2,469#914
  5. 1,383Juwan#2,344#961
Fallers
  1. 2,632Unnamed#972#3,604
  2. 450Octavius#945#1,395
  3. 398Male#679#1,077
  4. 394Khiry#915#1,309
  5. 379Dijon#915#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992