Donnis
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 69.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,046since 1912
Donnis 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,422 | 42 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Donnis! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Donnis is popular in 1912
No state had 5 or more girls named Donnis in 1912, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Donnis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1936 at #1,245 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 31,527 girls born in 1936 were named Donnis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 278,010 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- 27.5% of all girls named Donnis (288) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1983, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 38 | #2,360 (1912) | #3,283 |
| 1920s | 145 | #1,598 (1929) | #2,698 |
| 1930s | 228 | #1,245 (1936) | #1,712 |
| 1940s | 288 | #1,325 (1942) | #1,667 |
| 1950s | 200 | #1,781 (1952) | #2,522 |
| 1960s | 98 | #3,212 (1960) | #4,661 |
| 1970s | 43 | #3,872 (1970) | #6,895 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,110 (1981) | #9,110 |
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.
Donnis in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 79,731 of them was named Donnis, which outranked 31.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,144Zela8
- #2,144Zephyr8
- #2,144Zilla8
- #2,360Donnis7
- #2,360Adelyne7
- #2,360Agusta7
- #2,360Albirda7
- #2,634Achsah6
- #2,634Adena6
- #2,634Adina6
Tied with 273 names at #2,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.