Donny
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 426 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,887since 1927
Donny over time
Rank among boys' names. Donny has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,848 | 28 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,693 | 30 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,002 | 27 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,412 | 34 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,636 | 30 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,966 | 39 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,805 | 42 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,763 | 42 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,954 | 39 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,164 | 35 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,181 | 35 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,639 | 29 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,237 | 59 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,185 | 61 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,205 | 58 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,365 | 49 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,102 | 56 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,206 | 49 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,694 | 69 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,585 | 74 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,593 | 68 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,849 | 53 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,164 | 40 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,671 | 57 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,577 | 59 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,608 | 57 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,379 | 70 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,289 | 77 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,162 | 90 | |
| 1990 | — | #980 | 115 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,045 | 98 | |
| 1988 | — | #961 | 100 | |
| 1987 | — | #921 | 105 | |
| 1986 | — | #901 | 102 | |
| 1985 | — | #845 | 113 | |
| 1984 | — | #752 | 132 | |
| 1983 | — | #709 | 146 | |
| 1982 | — | #602 | 202 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #565 | 230 |
| 1980 | — | #536 | 257 | |
| 1979 | — | #526 | 259 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #460 | 303 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #378 | 426 |
| 1976 | — | #378 | 413 | |
| 1975 | — | #503 | 252 | |
| 1974 | — | #519 | 231 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #479 | 269 |
| 1972 | — | #512 | 237 | |
| 1971 | — | #536 | 222 | |
| 1970 | — | #668 | 150 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #610 | 165 |
| 1968 | — | #570 | 177 | |
| 1967 | — | #540 | 191 | |
| 1966 | — | #548 | 196 | |
| 1965 | — | #569 | 181 | |
| 1964 | — | #467 | 286 | |
| 1963 | — | #486 | 271 | |
| 1962 | — | #461 | 299 | |
| 1961 | — | #456 | 312 | |
| 1960 | — | #420 | 358 | |
| 1959 | — | #428 | 349 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #465 | 284 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #467 | 273 |
| 1956 | — | #505 | 224 | |
| 1955 | — | #445 | 279 | |
| 1954 | — | #429 | 280 | |
| 1953 | — | #453 | 249 | |
| 1952 | — | #458 | 237 | |
| 1951 | — | #455 | 222 | |
| 1950 | — | #454 | 211 | |
| 1949 | — | #433 | 239 | |
| 1948 | — | #452 | 216 | |
| 1947 | — | #483 | 192 | |
| 1946 | — | #504 | 165 | |
| 1945 | — | #572 | 112 | |
| 1944 | — | #531 | 130 | |
| 1943 | — | #600 | 111 | |
| 1942 | — | #663 | 95 | |
| 1941 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1940 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1939 | — | #726 | 68 | |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,028 | 38 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,057 | 37 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donny! It came in at #3,451, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1927–1929, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Donny is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#189 · 1 in 1,568
- Arkansas#228 · 1 in 1,854
- Georgia#240 · 1 in 2,172
- Mississippi#246 · 1 in 2,078
- Alabama#255 · 1 in 2,238
Best ever in a state: #163 in Arkansas, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #189 | 25 | 1 in 1,568 |
| Arkansas | #228 | 12 | 1 in 1,854 |
| Georgia | #240 | 20 | 1 in 2,172 |
| Mississippi | #246 | 14 | 1 in 2,078 |
| Alabama | #255 | 17 | 1 in 2,238 |
| Kentucky | #276 | 11 | 1 in 3,247 |
| North Carolina | #290 | 16 | 1 in 3,139 |
| Texas | #314 | 42 | 1 in 2,472 |
| Florida | #322 | 8 | 1 in 3,807 |
| Oklahoma | #359 | 5 | 1 in 4,757 |
| South Carolina | #359 | 6 | 1 in 4,755 |
| Louisiana | #464 | 6 | 1 in 5,903 |
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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 Donny
- 155 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #3,848)
- 114 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #3,848)
- 882 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1937 (#1,028 → #880)
- Biggest drop: 182 spots in 1991 (#980 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1977 at #378 (426 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1937–1988
- Highest: 1 in 3,799 boys born in 1976 were named Donny (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #378 in 1977, was only 1 in 3,857 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all boys named Donny (2,762) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | #3,451 (1927) | #3,720 |
| 1930s | 376 | #726 (1939) | #1,185 |
| 1940s | 1,413 | #433 (1949) | #563 |
| 1950s | 2,608 | #428 (1959) | #456 |
| 1960s | 2,436 | #420 (1960) | #513 |
| 1970s | 2,762 | #378 (1977) | #496 |
| 1980s | 1,485 | #536 (1980) | #784 |
| 1990s | 686 | #980 (1990) | #1,527 |
| 2000s | 576 | #1,585 (2000) | #2,185 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,763 (2013) | #3,240 |
| 2020s | 175 | #3,412 (2022) | #3,751 |
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.
Donny in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 8,485 of them was named Donny, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).