Donald

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #11,624 · #690 for boys in 2025, 395 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#6
1934 · 30,408 births
Debut · boys
1880
46 births
In top 100 · boys
96 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,414,824
since 1880

Donald over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #6, 1934boys
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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—#690395
2024—#673408
2023—#659415
2022—#676403
2021—#596468
2020—#608450
2019—#549513
2018—#524541
2017—#486603
2016—#489625
2015—#440696
2014—#419738
2013—#415711
2012—#400729
2011—#377788
2010—#377765
2009—#363839
2008—#332992
2007—#321999
2006—#3031,098
2005—#2891,150
2004#11,6248#2631,251
2003—#2531,308
2002—#2521,289
2001—#2311,470
2000—#2171,609
1999—#1921,747
1998—#1801,862
1997#9,0179#1731,970
1996#10,5677#1582,184
1995#9,5538#1552,252
1994#13,4305#1322,652
1993#7,03812#1182,996
1992—#1103,266
1991#8,5889#1023,650
1990#7,30311#874,177
1989#4,84818#824,323
1988#2,86736#764,328
1987#2,43442#704,501
1986#2,77934#714,661
1985#2,60137#664,750
1984#2,57436#635,062
1983#2,09747#605,327
1982#2,18546#585,712
1981#2,40940#565,910
1980#2,18946#536,269
1979#1,73163#516,508
1978#2,35038#486,423
1977#2,46335#466,866
1976#1,66259#476,792
1975#1,67257#427,197
1974#1,84847#417,758
1973#1,33975#388,361
1972#1,31377#369,261
1971#1,50067#3410,872
1970#1,52664#3012,397
1969#1,27677#3012,775
1968#1,29173#2913,362
1967#1,15584#2714,226
1966#1,17882#2714,713
1965#1,40761#2616,033
1964#1,36168#2518,045
1963#1,18884#2518,896
1962#1,32370#2320,425
1961#1,26876#2221,409
1960#1,16587#1922,744
1959#1,13588#1923,876
1958#1,08194#1825,015
1957#1,09092#1527,910
1956#1,11685#1428,223
1955#1,20969#1427,726
1954#1,22466#1429,279
1953#1,16469#1428,361
1952#1,10772#1328,269
1951#1,16065#1527,916
1950#1,28551#1426,999
1949#1,08868#1327,121
1948#1,32748#1426,442
1947#1,12763#1328,260
1946#98572#1326,273
1945#1,14247#1222,138
1944#1,00560#1123,468
1943#94469#1124,421
1942#89776#1023,955
1941#92463#1022,641
1940#76284#923,115
1939#75283#824,056
1938#79279#726,677
1937#75281#727,868
1936#71188#728,639
1935#614112#729,674
1934#635110#630,408
1933#551133#728,450
1932#587125#729,794
1931#517160#729,100
1930#506175#729,052
1929#522170#727,181
1928#536170#725,704
1927#588144#823,834
1926#618133#920,912
1925#719105#1019,193
1924#80985#1017,929
1923#1,03753#1016,433
1922#99756#1214,913
1921#98757#1313,776
1920#1,10346#1611,941
1919#1,13342#179,904
1918#1,21438#189,972
1917#1,37729#208,729
1916#1,63022#207,736
1915#1,67220#207,116
1914#1,48019#234,835
1913#1,60114#253,702
1912#2,3607#272,872
1911—#361,275
1910#2,1406#44860
1909—#42725
1908—#45664
1907—#44616
1906—#51486
1905—#59425
1904—#58413
1903—#60359
1902—#63366
1901—#77250
1900—#79328
1899—#74258
1898—#88238
1897—#92195
1896—#94211
1895—#96203
1894—#106169
1893—#105166
1892—#123137
1891—#136100
1890#1,3385#131109
1889—#18075
1888—#19477
1887—#19860
1886—#22457
1885—#24147
1884—#21659
1883—#20852
1882—#24248
1881—#31327
1880—#24446
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Donald was already there! It came in at #244, and was given to 46 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.

Where Donald is popular in 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #30 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 108 boysAKMaine: #28 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 105 boysMEVermont: #31 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 109 boysVTNew Hampshire: #31 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 101 boysNHWashington: #32 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 124 boysWAIdaho: #30 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 123 boysIDMontana: #28 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 110 boysMTNorth Dakota: #35 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 128 boysNDMinnesota: #44 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 193 boysMNIllinois: #31 for boys · 686 births · 1 in 134 boysILWisconsin: #36 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 145 boysWIMichigan: #31 for boys · 631 births · 1 in 124 boysMINew York: #38 for boys · 874 births · 1 in 173 boysNYMassachusetts: #35 for boys · 314 births · 1 in 146 boysMARhode Island: #37 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 143 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 117 boysORNevada: #32 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 127 boysNVWyoming: #21 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 77 boysWYSouth Dakota: #46 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 193 boysSDIowa: #36 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 147 boysIAIndiana: #29 for boys · 418 births · 1 in 108 boysINOhio: #29 for boys · 873 births · 1 in 106 boysOHPennsylvania: #31 for boys · 725 births · 1 in 125 boysPANew Jersey: #37 for boys · 344 births · 1 in 157 boysNJConnecticut: #42 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 177 boysCTCalifornia: #36 for boys · 1,056 births · 1 in 165 boysCAUtah: #67 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 263 boysUTColorado: #30 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 126 boysCONebraska: #30 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 123 boysNEMissouri: #30 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 122 boysMOKentucky: #24 for boys · 277 births · 1 in 99 boysKYWest Virginia: #27 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 101 boysWVVirginia: #26 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 114 boysVAMaryland: #29 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 105 boysMDDelaware: #32 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 132 boysDEArizona: #32 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 143 boysAZNew Mexico: #43 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 182 boysNMKansas: #35 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 145 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 111 boysARTennessee: #27 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 114 boysTNNorth Carolina: #21 for boys · 454 births · 1 in 97 boysNCSouth Carolina: #23 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 121 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #33 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 122 boysDCOklahoma: #32 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 135 boysOKLouisiana: #27 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 123 boysLAMississippi: #21 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 112 boysMSAlabama: #20 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 104 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 137 boysGAHawaii: #59 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 229 boysHITexas: #36 for boys · 604 births · 1 in 181 boysTXFlorida: #27 for boys · 439 births · 1 in 114 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#20 · 1 in 104
  2. Wyoming#21 · 1 in 77
  3. North Carolina#21 · 1 in 97
  4. Mississippi#21 · 1 in 112
  5. South Carolina#23 · 1 in 121

Best ever in a state: #2 in Minnesota, 1923.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#202831 in 104
Mississippi#211871 in 112
North Carolina#214541 in 97
Wyoming#21301 in 77
South Carolina#231871 in 121
Kentucky#242771 in 99
Virginia#263241 in 114
Florida#274391 in 114
Louisiana#272781 in 123
Tennessee#273001 in 114
West Virginia#271351 in 101
Arkansas#281371 in 111
Maine#28741 in 105
Montana#28451 in 110
Indiana#294181 in 108
Maryland#292701 in 105
Ohio#298731 in 106
Oregon#291341 in 117
Alaska#30271 in 108
Colorado#301471 in 126
Idaho#30451 in 123
Missouri#303161 in 122
Nebraska#30931 in 123
Georgia#313121 in 137
Illinois#316861 in 134
Michigan#316311 in 124
New Hampshire#31561 in 101
Pennsylvania#317251 in 125
Vermont#31301 in 109
Arizona#321081 in 143
Delaware#32331 in 132
Nevada#32281 in 127
Oklahoma#321431 in 135
Washington#322221 in 124
District of Columbia#33981 in 122
Kansas#351131 in 145
Massachusetts#353141 in 146
North Dakota#35391 in 128
California#361,0561 in 165
Iowa#361541 in 147
Texas#366041 in 181
Wisconsin#362441 in 145
New Jersey#373441 in 157
Rhode Island#37511 in 143
New York#388741 in 173
Connecticut#421281 in 177
New Mexico#43511 in 182
Minnesota#441631 in 193
South Dakota#46251 in 193
Hawaii#59281 in 229
Utah#67421 in 263

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 Donald
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#673 → #690)
  • 82 spots since 2020 (#608 → #690)
  • 250 spots since 2015 (#440 → #690)
  • Biggest jump: 71 spots in 1882 (#313 → #242)
  • Biggest drop: 80 spots in 2022 (#596 → #676)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1934 at #6 (30,408 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: 20 yrs · run 1923–1942
  • Top 100: 96 yrs · run 1895–1990
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34
  • Highest: 1 in 34 boys born in 1934 were named Donald (2.9%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,324 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Donald (283,718) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s548#180 (1889)#226
1890s1,786#74 (1899)#105
1900s4,632#42 (1909)#58
1910s57,001#17 (1919)#25
1920s191,816#7 (1929)#10
1930s283,718#6 (1934)#7
1940s247,834#9 (1940)#12
1950s273,574#13 (1952)#15
1960s172,628#19 (1960)#25
1970s82,435#30 (1970)#41
1980s50,843#53 (1980)#66
1990s26,756#87 (1990)#141
2000s12,005#217 (2000)#282
2010s6,709#377 (2011)#448
2020s2,539#596 (2021)#650

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.

Donald in 1969

girls
#1,276
77 births · 1 in 21,909 girls
boys
#30
12,775 births · 1 in 140 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,276Donald77

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #30Donald12,775
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 21,909 of them was named Donald, which outranked 85.3% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donald
  1. #1,270Penni78
  2. #1,270Sheena78
  3. #1,270Suzy78
  4. #1,276Donald77
  5. #1,276Alejandra77
  6. #1,276Carletta77
  7. #1,276Cheryle77
  8. #1,290Buffie76
  9. #1,290Christel76
  10. #1,290Christiana76

Tied with 13 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 140 of them was named Donald, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donald
  1. #27Stephen15,090
  2. #28Todd14,745
  3. #29Ronald14,618
  4. #30Donald12,775
  5. #31Patrick12,675
  6. #32Edward12,451
  7. #33Andrew11,282
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →