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

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Peak · boys
1977 · 426 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,887
since 1927

Donny over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Donny has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #378, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,84828
2024#3,69330
2023#4,00227
2022#3,41234
2021#3,81428
2020#3,73428
2019#3,63630
2018#3,99326
2017#3,78128
2016#3,16136
2015#2,96639
2014#2,80542
2013#2,76342
2012#2,95439
2011#3,16435
2010#3,18135
2009#3,63929
2008#2,23759
2007#2,18561
2006#2,20558
2005#2,36549
2004#2,10256
2003#2,20649
2002#1,69469
2001#1,62972
2000#1,58574
1999#1,59368
1998#1,84953
1997#2,16440
1996#1,67157
1995#1,57759
1994#1,60857
1993#1,37970
1992#1,28977
1991#1,16290
1990#980115
1989#1,04598
1988#961100
1987#921105
1986#901102
1985#845113
1984#752132
1983#709146
1982#602202
1981#9,1106#565230
1980#536257
1979#526259
1978#9,7505#460303
1977#8,4446#378426
1976#378413
1975#503252
1974#519231
1973#7,4356#479269
1972#512237
1971#536222
1970#668150
1969#7,4715#610165
1968#570177
1967#540191
1966#548196
1965#569181
1964#467286
1963#486271
1962#461299
1961#456312
1960#420358
1959#428349
1958#6,1035#465284
1957#4,9187#467273
1956#505224
1955#445279
1954#429280
1953#453249
1952#458237
1951#455222
1950#454211
1949#433239
1948#452216
1947#483192
1946#504165
1945#572112
1944#531130
1943#600111
1942#66395
1941#69179
1940#70274
1939#72668
1938#77063
1937#88049
1936#1,02838
1935#1,05737
1934#1,09236
1933#1,25128
1932#1,46523
1931#1,69318
1930#1,88916
1929#3,5596
1928#4,1515
1927#3,4517
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First appearance
1927

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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedMNIllinois: #647 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 18,991 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedMINew York: #799 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 30,136 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedIAIndiana: #471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,953 boysINOhio: #523 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 14,304 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #614 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 13,440 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedNEMissouri: #464 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,720 boysMOKentucky: #269 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,762 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedWVVirginia: #493 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,695 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedKSArkansas: #248 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,975 boysARTennessee: #225 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,912 boysTNNorth Carolina: #334 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,498 boysNCSouth Carolina: #290 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,638 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #263 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,150 boysOKLouisiana: #331 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,847 boysLAMississippi: #278 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,457 boysMSAlabama: #276 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,250 boysALGeorgia: #224 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,563 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Donny, so not publishedHITexas: #357 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 2,919 boysTXFlorida: #469 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,385 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#224 · 1 in 1,563
  2. Tennessee#225 · 1 in 1,912
  3. Arkansas#248 · 1 in 1,975
  4. Oklahoma#263 · 1 in 2,150
  5. Kentucky#269 · 1 in 2,762

Best ever in a state: #163 in Arkansas, 1954.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#224311 in 1,563
Tennessee#225211 in 1,912
Arkansas#248101 in 1,975
Oklahoma#263111 in 2,150
Kentucky#269131 in 2,762
Alabama#276171 in 2,250
Mississippi#278111 in 2,457
South Carolina#290111 in 2,638
Louisiana#331151 in 2,847
North Carolina#334151 in 3,498
Texas#357421 in 2,919
Missouri#46451 in 9,720
Florida#46971 in 7,385
Indiana#47151 in 10,953
Virginia#49351 in 8,695
Ohio#52381 in 14,304
California#614131 in 13,440
Illinois#64761 in 18,991
New York#79961 in 30,136
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1927
  • Peaked 1977 at #378 (426 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1937–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,799
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 21.4% of all boys named Donny (2,762) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s18#3,451 (1927)#3,720
1930s376#726 (1939)#1,185
1940s1,413#433 (1949)#563
1950s2,608#428 (1959)#456
1960s2,436#420 (1960)#513
1970s2,762#378 (1977)#496
1980s1,485#536 (1980)#784
1990s686#980 (1990)#1,527
2000s576#1,585 (2000)#2,185
2010s352#2,763 (2013)#3,240
2020s175#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 1958

girls
#6,103
5 births · 1 in 402,324 girls
boys
#465
284 births · 1 in 7,473 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #6,103Donny5

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #465Donny284
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 402,324 of them was named Donny, which outranked 13.2% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donny
  1. #5,408Zebbie6
  2. #5,408Zelphia6
  3. #5,408Zondra6
  4. #6,103Donny5
  5. #6,103Abigale5
  6. #6,103Adalia5
  7. #6,103Adaline5

Tied with 927 names at #6,103; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 1,133Brigitte#1,904#771
  2. 760Samantha#1,754#994
  3. 709Selena#1,388#679
  4. 672Tambra#1,588#916
  5. 570Bridgette#1,274#704
Fallers
  1. 312Sarita#970#1,282
  2. 311Beryl#910#1,221
  3. 309Sherree#827#1,136
  4. 275Winnie#965#1,240
  5. 236Jacalyn#975#1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 7,473 of them was named Donny, which outranked 89.7% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donny
  1. #462Dane287
  2. #463Amos285
  3. #463Mitch285
  4. #465Donny284
  5. #465Carroll284
  6. #465Spencer284
  7. #468Abraham283
  8. #469Cory282
  9. #469Vince282

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

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958