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.
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 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 40,426 of them was named Donnis, which outranked 76.5% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,409Lorretta43
- #1,409Rory43
- #1,409Sharlyn43
- #1,422Donnis42
- #1,422Bernetta42
- #1,422Billy42
- #1,422Brooke42
- #1,439Alda41
- #1,439Beckie41
- #1,439Charlette41
Tied with 16 names at #1,422; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 103,213 of them was named Donnis, which outranked 56.7% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,758Wellington18
- #1,758Wilfredo18
- #1,758Yale18
- #1,817Donnis17
- #1,817Agapito17
- #1,817Albino17
- #1,817Alferd17
- #1,881Alice16
- #1,881Alpha16
- #1,881Alvester16
Tied with 63 names at #1,817; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.