Donzella

Last seen for girls in 1969 at #5,974

Peak · girls
1950 · 52 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
375
since 1921

Donzella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Donzella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #1,276, 1950girls
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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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1969#5,9747
1968#7,0165
1967#4,30010
1966
1965#3,95211
1964#4,09611
1963
1962#4,5339
1961#5,8516
1960#6,3905
1959#5,5666
1958#4,1939
1957#4,5368
1956#3,32113
1955#1,94030
1954#2,88915
1953#2,17323
1952#3,04013
1951#2,57716
1950#1,27652
1949#3,6129
1948#4,2057
1947#5,2955
1946#2,88012
1945#4,5565
1944#4,0546
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1942#4,1246
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1939#3,7826
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1936#3,3767
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1934#2,9239
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1932#3,0479
1931#4,3315
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1928#3,1649
1927#3,8757
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1925#4,9735
1924#4,0027
1923#4,9675
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1921#4,0237
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five girls were named Donzella! It came in at #4,023, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Donzella
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1950 at #1,276 (52 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,943
  • Highest: 1 in 32,943 girls born in 1950 were named Donzella (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 241,002 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 49.3% of all girls named Donzella (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s40#3,164 (1928)#4,167
1930s36#2,923 (1934)#3,492
1940s50#2,880 (1946)#4,104
1950s185#1,276 (1950)#3,151
1960s64#3,952 (1965)#5,264

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.

Donzella in 1950

girls
#1,276
52 births · 1 in 32,943 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #1,276Donzella52
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 32,943 of them was named Donzella, which outranked 79.1% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donzella
  1. #1,259Sheryle53
  2. #1,259Shirleen53
  3. #1,259Tonie53
  4. #1,276Donzella52
  5. #1,276Arnetta52
  6. #1,276Helaine52
  7. #1,276Janett52
  8. #1,285Antonette51
  9. #1,285Cherri51
  10. #1,285Donald51

Tied with 8 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 1,242Mindy#2,013#771
  2. 649Geralyn#1,627#978
  3. 636Kyle#1,512#876
  4. 416Debrah#1,109#693
  5. 405Debbra#1,353#948
Fallers
  1. 241Luana#823#1,064
  2. 231Christene#930#1,161
  3. 216Pearline#785#1,001
  4. 210Ingrid#518#728
  5. 201Dayle#982#1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1950