Donato

#6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births

Peak · boys
1926 · 54 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,126
since 1890

Donato over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Donato has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #916, 1926boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,44613
2024#5,65916
2023#4,74221
2022#3,99527
2021#4,01126
2020#3,81127
2019#4,23024
2018#3,60730
2017#5,29717
2016#3,52431
2015#3,77528
2014#3,89126
2013#4,18023
2012#3,89426
2011#4,65920
2010#3,45331
2009#3,47631
2008#3,10337
2007#3,68728
2006#3,30632
2005#2,70140
2004#3,53426
2003#2,92233
2002#2,75534
2001#3,14328
2000#2,73633
1999#3,70420
1998#2,65131
1997#3,16023
1996#2,48331
1995#2,84725
1994#2,76626
1993#2,69726
1992#2,83424
1991#2,29531
1990#2,48827
1989#2,54525
1988#2,50923
1987#1,79336
1986#2,89117
1985#2,35722
1984#1,93328
1983#1,74832
1982#2,05926
1981#1,99627
1980#2,53619
1979#2,15723
1978#2,06823
1977#2,00824
1976#2,17721
1975#2,00123
1974#1,43936
1973#2,21618
1972#1,68027
1971#1,56031
1970#1,69926
1969#1,76722
1968#1,50627
1967#1,44928
1966#1,51026
1965#1,72021
1964#1,46229
1963#1,45529
1962#1,34134
1961#1,73122
1960#1,25239
1959#1,43930
1958#1,51127
1957#1,54726
1956#1,64223
1955#1,41929
1954#1,52525
1953#1,48026
1952#1,70120
1951#1,55323
1950#1,53823
1949#1,32230
1948#1,51923
1947#1,78618
1946#1,88415
1945#1,85214
1944#1,28227
1943#1,21432
1942#1,46723
1941#1,53220
1940#1,80215
1939#1,63617
1938#1,43922
1937#1,37224
1936#1,63917
1935#1,45322
1934#1,26628
1933#1,36124
1932#1,46523
1931#1,23931
1930#1,36828
1929#1,27231
1928#1,35329
1927#99050
1926#91654
1925#1,09141
1924#1,04546
1923#1,02647
1922#1,19636
1921#1,12240
1920#1,34829
1919#1,04742
1918#1,12437
1917#1,32227
1916#1,64619
1915#1,18130
1914#1,07328
1913#96926
1912#1,00021
1911#1,7405
1910#1,4216
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1900#1,3105
1899#1,0515
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five boys were named Donato! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Donato is popular in 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMINew York: #447 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 10,023 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedHITexas: #852 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,041 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Donato, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#447 · 1 in 10,023
  2. Texas#852 · 1 in 11,041

Best ever in a state: #193 in Connecticut, 1918.

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See more about Donato
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 787 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #6,446)
  • 2,635 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #6,446)
  • 2,671 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #6,446)
  • Biggest jump: 740 spots in 1912 (#1,740 → #1,000)
  • Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1928 (#990 → #1,353)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1926 at #916 (54 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1912–1913
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,714
  • Highest: 1 in 19,714 boys born in 1913 were named Donato (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #916 in 1926, was only 1 in 20,565 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 12.9% of all boys named Donato (403) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#994 (1890)#1,023
1900s11#1,217 (1908)#1,264
1910s241#969 (1913)#1,252
1920s403#916 (1926)#1,136
1930s236#1,239 (1931)#1,424
1940s217#1,214 (1943)#1,566
1950s252#1,419 (1955)#1,536
1960s277#1,252 (1960)#1,519
1970s252#1,439 (1974)#1,901
1980s255#1,748 (1983)#2,237
1990s264#2,295 (1991)#2,793
2000s322#2,701 (2005)#3,136
2010s256#3,453 (2010)#4,051
2020s130#3,811 (2020)#4,777

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.

Donato in 1931

boys
#1,239
31 births · 1 in 33,538 boys

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #1,239Donato31
More about 1931

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 33,538 of them was named Donato, which outranked 71.3% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donato
  1. #1,217Ozell32
  2. #1,217Rose32
  3. #1,217Sergio32
  4. #1,239Donato31
  5. #1,239Blake31
  6. #1,239Cosmo31
  7. #1,239Erskine31
  8. #1,253Arch30
  9. #1,253Archibald30
  10. #1,253Aubry30

Tied with 13 names at #1,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931 →