Dondi
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #9,825 · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #9,392
Given to boys 67.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 47 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 766since 1956
Dondi over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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
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| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
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| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
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| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
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| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
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| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | #1,400 | 37 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #1,492 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | #1,258 | 36 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | #1,345 | 32 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,081 | 47 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #1,384 | 32 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | #1,108 | 48 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #1,108 | 50 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,821 | 19 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dondi! It came in at #1,821, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dondi is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#612 · 1 in 23,620
- California#964 · 1 in 31,499
Best ever in a state: #521 in Louisiana, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #612 | 5 | 1 in 23,620 |
| California | #964 | 6 | 1 in 31,499 |
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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 Dondi
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1965 at #1,081 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 39,578 boys born in 1965 were named Dondi (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,586 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 47.4% of all boys named Dondi (363) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 89 | #1,388 (1957) | #1,741 |
| 1960s | 363 | #1,081 (1965) | #1,330 |
| 1970s | 178 | #1,400 (1971) | #2,480 |
| 1980s | 76 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,245 |
| 1990s | 54 | #5,236 (1992) | #6,756 |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,392 (2002) | #9,392 |
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.
Dondi in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 106,237 of them was named Dondi, which outranked 62.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,752Vincenza20
- #2,752Vinnie20
- #2,752Zora20
- #2,839Dondi19
- #2,839Angele19
- #2,839Angelette19
- #2,839Audra19
- #2,957Alayne18
- #2,957Albert18
- #2,957Alfreida18
Tied with 117 names at #2,839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 42,484 of them was named Dondi, which outranked 76.2% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,097Tobin51
- #1,097Valentin51
- #1,097Wayde51
- #1,108Dondi50
- #1,108Claudio50
- #1,108Elston50
- #1,108Hosea50
- #1,121Alvaro49
- #1,121Darvin49
- #1,121Daryll49
Tied with 12 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.