Don
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 3,926 births
- Debut · boys
- 34 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 167,632since 1880
Don over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,793 | 89 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,776 | 92 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,744 | 94 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,551 | 115 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,635 | 102 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,716 | 90 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,762 | 88 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,498 | 115 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,725 | 90 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,563 | 105 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,444 | 117 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,456 | 112 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,352 | 125 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,617 | 96 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,448 | 113 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,470 | 111 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,290 | 136 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,303 | 133 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,332 | 127 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,054 | 170 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,155 | 138 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,128 | 140 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,016 | 155 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,003 | 155 | |
| 2001 | — | #873 | 183 | |
| 2000 | — | #829 | 193 | |
| 1999 | — | #816 | 187 | |
| 1998 | — | #767 | 207 | |
| 1997 | — | #767 | 194 | |
| 1996 | — | #694 | 233 | |
| 1995 | — | #596 | 299 | |
| 1994 | — | #683 | 231 | |
| 1993 | — | #587 | 309 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #601 | 293 |
| 1991 | — | #538 | 353 | |
| 1990 | — | #554 | 332 | |
| 1989 | — | #483 | 393 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #425 | 454 |
| 1987 | — | #412 | 449 | |
| 1986 | — | #390 | 467 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #381 | 473 |
| 1984 | — | #373 | 472 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #367 | 478 |
| 1982 | — | #341 | 552 | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #298 | 653 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #321 | 598 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #303 | 654 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #306 | 587 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #268 | 732 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #269 | 718 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #258 | 766 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #252 | 798 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #237 | 893 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #223 | 977 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #215 | 1,092 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #203 | 1,279 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #194 | 1,349 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #183 | 1,404 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #177 | 1,469 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #166 | 1,650 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #157 | 1,907 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #141 | 2,304 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | #135 | 2,522 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #123 | 2,915 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #121 | 3,149 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | #115 | 3,454 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #111 | 3,617 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #112 | 3,580 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #117 | 3,347 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #123 | 2,898 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #125 | 2,649 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #120 | 2,748 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #121 | 2,712 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #120 | 2,570 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | #117 | 2,619 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #107 | 2,712 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | #98 | 3,060 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #91 | 3,546 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | #86 | 4,007 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #79 | 4,110 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #73 | 3,482 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | #72 | 3,589 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #72 | 3,817 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | #72 | 3,564 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | #66 | 3,533 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | #62 | 3,547 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | #56 | 3,589 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | #52 | 3,900 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | #51 | 3,814 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #51 | 3,830 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | #51 | 3,917 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | #50 | 3,926 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | #54 | 3,453 |
| 1932 | #1,176 | 37 | #55 | 3,453 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 | #59 | 3,176 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 | #68 | 2,922 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #78 | 2,519 |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | #84 | 2,382 |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 | #90 | 2,303 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | #96 | 1,966 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #106 | 1,653 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | #125 | 1,451 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #129 | 1,293 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #136 | 1,183 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | #136 | 1,172 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #148 | 1,019 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #145 | 956 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #153 | 931 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #167 | 757 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #160 | 744 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #156 | 747 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #173 | 521 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #176 | 388 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #176 | 332 |
| 1911 | — | #184 | 167 | |
| 1910 | — | #191 | 140 | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #197 | 110 |
| 1908 | — | #193 | 107 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #227 | 81 |
| 1906 | — | #203 | 87 | |
| 1905 | — | #205 | 85 | |
| 1904 | — | #213 | 75 | |
| 1903 | — | #228 | 64 | |
| 1902 | — | #200 | 79 | |
| 1901 | — | #249 | 48 | |
| 1900 | — | #219 | 81 | |
| 1899 | — | #202 | 65 | |
| 1898 | — | #252 | 49 | |
| 1897 | — | #249 | 49 | |
| 1896 | — | #221 | 66 | |
| 1895 | — | #190 | 78 | |
| 1894 | — | #202 | 72 | |
| 1893 | — | #212 | 64 | |
| 1892 | — | #213 | 68 | |
| 1891 | — | #233 | 48 | |
| 1890 | — | #212 | 61 | |
| 1889 | — | #205 | 62 | |
| 1888 | — | #245 | 50 | |
| 1887 | — | #254 | 39 | |
| 1886 | — | #216 | 61 | |
| 1885 | — | #282 | 35 | |
| 1884 | — | #251 | 47 | |
| 1883 | — | #203 | 54 | |
| 1882 | — | #248 | 46 | |
| 1881 | — | #318 | 26 | |
| 1880 | — | #283 | 34 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Don was already there! It came in at #283, and was given to 34 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 35 boys a year got the name.
Where Don is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#48 · 1 in 211
- Arkansas#58 · 1 in 287
- Oklahoma#61 · 1 in 303
- Wyoming#66 · 1 in 305
- Idaho#80 · 1 in 367
Best ever in a state: #7 in Utah, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #48 | 54 | 1 in 211 |
| Arkansas | #58 | 73 | 1 in 287 |
| Oklahoma | #61 | 81 | 1 in 303 |
| Wyoming | #66 | 12 | 1 in 305 |
| Idaho | #80 | 20 | 1 in 367 |
| Tennessee | #84 | 88 | 1 in 452 |
| Nevada | #86 | 5 | 1 in 401 |
| South Dakota | #86 | 17 | 1 in 474 |
| West Virginia | #86 | 48 | 1 in 469 |
| Texas | #88 | 288 | 1 in 412 |
| Nebraska | #90 | 28 | 1 in 541 |
| Louisiana | #92 | 103 | 1 in 382 |
| Arizona | #94 | 31 | 1 in 399 |
| Kentucky | #94 | 63 | 1 in 563 |
| New Mexico | #94 | 26 | 1 in 440 |
| Washington | #96 | 55 | 1 in 545 |
| California | #98 | 277 | 1 in 537 |
| Kansas | #99 | 42 | 1 in 554 |
| Missouri | #100 | 77 | 1 in 588 |
| Alabama | #104 | 71 | 1 in 544 |
| Oregon | #105 | 30 | 1 in 622 |
| Indiana | #107 | 75 | 1 in 677 |
| Iowa | #111 | 39 | 1 in 771 |
| Montana | #111 | 13 | 1 in 560 |
| Delaware | #114 | 6 | 1 in 679 |
| Illinois | #115 | 130 | 1 in 779 |
| Mississippi | #115 | 50 | 1 in 578 |
| Ohio | #116 | 126 | 1 in 819 |
| Florida | #119 | 61 | 1 in 627 |
| Georgia | #119 | 78 | 1 in 602 |
| Wisconsin | #119 | 43 | 1 in 985 |
| Michigan | #121 | 102 | 1 in 874 |
| District of Columbia | #124 | 19 | 1 in 757 |
| Colorado | #125 | 26 | 1 in 704 |
| South Carolina | #128 | 43 | 1 in 710 |
| New Jersey | #138 | 36 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Minnesota | #139 | 33 | 1 in 1,147 |
| North Carolina | #139 | 65 | 1 in 832 |
| Massachusetts | #145 | 22 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Pennsylvania | #146 | 83 | 1 in 1,415 |
| Maryland | #151 | 24 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Virginia | #155 | 44 | 1 in 961 |
| Connecticut | #164 | 10 | 1 in 2,257 |
| North Dakota | #184 | 6 | 1 in 1,253 |
| Maine | #188 | 5 | 1 in 1,938 |
| New York | #211 | 71 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Hawaii | #224 | 5 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Don
- 17 spots since 2024 (#1,776 → #1,793)
- 77 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #1,793)
- 349 spots since 2015 (#1,444 → #1,793)
- Biggest jump: 87 spots in 1995 (#683 → #596)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 2002 (#873 → #1,003)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1934 at #50 (3,926 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1926–1949
- Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1880–2001
- Highest: 1 in 263 boys born in 1934 were named Don (0.38%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.6% of all boys named Don (36,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 454 | #203 (1883) | #251 |
| 1890s | 620 | #190 (1895) | #219 |
| 1900s | 817 | #193 (1908) | #213 |
| 1910s | 5,683 | #145 (1919) | #168 |
| 1920s | 16,941 | #78 (1929) | #113 |
| 1930s | 35,980 | #50 (1934) | #55 |
| 1940s | 36,255 | #62 (1940) | #77 |
| 1950s | 29,452 | #107 (1950) | #117 |
| 1960s | 22,123 | #115 (1960) | #151 |
| 1970s | 8,496 | #203 (1970) | #253 |
| 1980s | 4,989 | #298 (1981) | #379 |
| 1990s | 2,638 | #538 (1991) | #660 |
| 2000s | 1,530 | #829 (2000) | #1,098 |
| 2010s | 1,072 | #1,352 (2013) | #1,534 |
| 2020s | 582 | #1,551 (2022) | #1,703 |
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.
Don in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 99,016 of them was named Don, which outranked 62.6% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,363Troy20
- #2,363Veta20
- #2,363Winnifred20
- #2,431Don19
- #2,431America19
- #2,431Ardell19
- #2,431Bernestine19
- #2,516Agustina18
- #2,516Alaine18
- #2,516Arlis18
Tied with 84 names at #2,431; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 727 of them was named Don, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.