Donal
Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 97 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,707since 1909
Donal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Donal has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,819 | 16 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,408 | 20 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,965 | 25 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,299 | 34 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,226 | 39 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,012 | 56 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,156 | 46 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,081 | 51 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,186 | 42 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,130 | 46 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,045 | 52 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,114 | 44 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,122 | 44 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,091 | 45 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #992 | 50 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,074 | 43 | |
| 1949 | — | #885 | 60 | |
| 1948 | — | #963 | 52 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,014 | 50 | |
| 1946 | — | #967 | 48 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,006 | 40 | |
| 1944 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,088 | 39 | |
| 1942 | — | #876 | 56 | |
| 1941 | — | #807 | 61 | |
| 1940 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1939 | — | #784 | 60 | |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | — | #737 | 68 | |
| 1936 | — | #637 | 82 | |
| 1935 | — | #652 | 83 | |
| 1934 | — | #678 | 80 | |
| 1933 | — | #664 | 78 | |
| 1932 | — | #644 | 88 | |
| 1931 | — | #596 | 97 | |
| 1930 | — | #621 | 98 | |
| 1929 | — | #689 | 80 | |
| 1928 | — | #676 | 87 | |
| 1927 | — | #713 | 83 | |
| 1926 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1925 | — | #786 | 70 | |
| 1924 | — | #752 | 78 | |
| 1923 | — | #706 | 84 | |
| 1922 | — | #692 | 89 | |
| 1921 | — | #843 | 67 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,157 | 38 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,207 | 34 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,710 | 20 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
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| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1909
The first year at least five boys were named Donal! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1921 (#1,157 → #843)
- Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1943 (#876 → #1,088)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1931 at #596 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1921–1942
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,718
- Highest: 1 in 10,718 boys born in 1931 were named Donal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 21.5% of all boys named Donal (797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 158 | #1,207 (1919) | #1,479 |
| 1920s | 734 | #676 (1928) | #789 |
| 1930s | 797 | #596 (1931) | #678 |
| 1940s | 503 | #807 (1941) | #944 |
| 1950s | 470 | #981 (1952) | #1,082 |
| 1960s | 379 | #1,012 (1963) | #1,293 |
| 1970s | 222 | #1,526 (1971) | #2,117 |
| 1980s | 166 | #2,408 (1983) | #3,035 |
| 1990s | 136 | #3,325 (1991) | #4,581 |
| 2000s | 79 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,922 |
| 2010s | 43 | #8,215 (2019) | #10,839 |
| 2020s | 15 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,136 |
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.
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