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
#378
1977 · 426 births
Debut · boys
1927
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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.

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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 1973

girls
#7,435
6 births · 1 in 243,035 girls
boys
#479
269 births · 1 in 5,794 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #7,435Donny6

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #479Donny269
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 243,035 of them was named Donny, which outranked 24.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donny
  1. #6,666Yumi7
  2. #6,666Zanthia7
  3. #6,666Zenda7
  4. #7,435Donny6
  5. #7,435Abagail6
  6. #7,435Adabel6
  7. #7,435Adalia6
  8. #8,423Aarti5
  9. #8,423Abbigail5
  10. #8,423Abi5

Tied with 987 names at #7,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 5,794 of them was named Donny, which outranked 91.8% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donny
  1. #476Sonny274
  2. #477Rogelio271
  3. #478Devon270
  4. #479Donny269
  5. #479Morris269
  6. #479Teddy269
  7. #482Lynn267
  8. #483Dominick266
  9. #484Jarrett262

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

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →