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

Showing
Show data for
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #6, 1934boys
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.

Show data table
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 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 230 boysAKMaine: #54 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 250 boysMEVermont: #58 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 246 boysVTNew Hampshire: #46 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 185 boysNHWashington: #46 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 189 boysWAIdaho: #76 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 343 boysIDMontana: #67 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 283 boysMTNorth Dakota: #65 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 291 boysNDMinnesota: #73 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 392 boysMNIllinois: #49 for boys · 334 births · 1 in 235 boysILWisconsin: #56 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 267 boysWIMichigan: #41 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 181 boysMINew York: #56 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 281 boysNYMassachusetts: #52 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 263 boysMARhode Island: #44 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 175 boysRIOregon: #49 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 208 boysORNevada: #47 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 183 boysNVWyoming: #40 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 126 boysWYSouth Dakota: #62 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 270 boysSDIowa: #69 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 338 boysIAIndiana: #43 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 168 boysINOhio: #41 for boys · 427 births · 1 in 175 boysOHPennsylvania: #47 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 195 boysPANew Jersey: #44 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 220 boysNJConnecticut: #48 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 214 boysCTCalifornia: #66 for boys · 507 births · 1 in 313 boysCAUtah: #90 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 468 boysUTColorado: #54 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 254 boysCONebraska: #64 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 299 boysNEMissouri: #43 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 163 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 136 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 120 boysWVVirginia: #40 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 181 boysVAMaryland: #37 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 148 boysMDDelaware: #43 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 164 boysDEArizona: #57 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 270 boysAZNew Mexico: #60 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 247 boysNMKansas: #47 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 202 boysKSArkansas: #59 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 232 boysARTennessee: #43 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 185 boysTNNorth Carolina: #34 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 159 boysNCSouth Carolina: #32 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 165 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #44 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 167 boysDCOklahoma: #49 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 195 boysOKLouisiana: #29 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 132 boysLAMississippi: #58 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 266 boysMSAlabama: #42 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 201 boysALGeorgia: #39 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 191 boysGAHawaii: #58 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 258 boysHITexas: #73 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 316 boysTXFlorida: #32 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 159 boysFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#29 · 1 in 120
  2. Louisiana#29 · 1 in 132
  3. Florida#32 · 1 in 159
  4. South Carolina#32 · 1 in 165
  5. Kentucky#33 · 1 in 136

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#292301 in 132
West Virginia#291101 in 120
Florida#322971 in 159
South Carolina#321211 in 165
Kentucky#331961 in 136
North Carolina#342281 in 159
Maryland#371371 in 148
Georgia#391861 in 191
Virginia#401691 in 181
Wyoming#40211 in 126
Michigan#413381 in 181
Ohio#414271 in 175
Alabama#421251 in 201
Delaware#43201 in 164
Indiana#432271 in 168
Missouri#432031 in 163
Tennessee#431611 in 185
District of Columbia#44461 in 167
New Jersey#441841 in 220
Rhode Island#44281 in 175
New Hampshire#46261 in 185
Washington#461281 in 189
Kansas#47751 in 202
Nevada#47201 in 183
Pennsylvania#473661 in 195
Connecticut#48741 in 214
Illinois#493341 in 235
Oklahoma#49981 in 195
Oregon#49781 in 208
Massachusetts#521221 in 263
Colorado#54741 in 254
Maine#54261 in 250
New York#563991 in 281
Wisconsin#561151 in 267
Arizona#57661 in 270
Alaska#58131 in 230
Hawaii#58241 in 258
Mississippi#58681 in 266
Vermont#58111 in 246
Arkansas#59641 in 232
New Mexico#60381 in 247
South Dakota#62181 in 270
Nebraska#64361 in 299
North Dakota#65171 in 291
California#665071 in 313
Montana#67181 in 283
Iowa#69581 in 338
Minnesota#73691 in 392
Texas#733401 in 316
Idaho#76211 in 343
Utah#90351 in 468

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 1976

girls
#1,662
59 births · 1 in 24,832 girls
boys
#47
6,792 births · 1 in 231 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #1,662Donald59

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #47Donald6,792
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 24,832 of them was named Donald, which outranked 84.8% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donald
  1. #1,638Teena60
  2. #1,638Tresa60
  3. #1,638Valentina60
  4. #1,662Donald59
  5. #1,662Charlie59
  6. #1,662Chenoa59
  7. #1,662Edie59
  8. #1,677Alfreda58
  9. #1,677Antonio58
  10. #1,677Bethann58

Tied with 14 names at #1,662; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 231 of them was named Donald, which outranked 99.3% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donald
  1. #44Jose7,061
  2. #45Edward7,048
  3. #46Travis6,832
  4. #47Donald6,792
  5. #48Keith6,745
  6. #49Ronald6,457
  7. #50Todd6,440
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,506Seneca#4,309 → #803
  2. ↑ 1,165Jameel#2,134 → #969
  3. ↑ 712Delvin#1,658 → #946
  4. ↑ 567Jerimy#1,530 → #963
  5. ↑ 510Jamaal#1,042 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,113Santino#1,000 → #2,113
  2. ↓ 511Carnell#900 → #1,411
  3. ↓ 453Nakia#337 → #790
  4. ↓ 395Charlton#938 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 376Benjiman#970 → #1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →