Donell
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #11,409 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 89.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 93 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,827since 1915
Donell 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,320 | 17 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,072 | 37 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,005 | 39 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,721 | 44 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,513 | 48 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,297 | 51 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,643 | 40 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,922 | 33 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,224 | 47 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,185 | 47 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,681 | 68 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,199 | 42 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,235 | 40 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,890 | 49 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,254 | 36 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,716 | 52 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,638 | 54 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,452 | 63 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,396 | 66 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #1,287 | 74 |
| 1989 | — | #1,411 | 60 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,296 | 63 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #1,218 | 63 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,144 | 68 |
| 1985 | — | #1,011 | 81 | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #1,096 | 67 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #1,006 | 77 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #1,059 | 74 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #1,009 | 81 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #1,004 | 81 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #974 | 83 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #961 | 81 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #873 | 94 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #890 | 87 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #916 | 80 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #885 | 83 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #898 | 79 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #851 | 89 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | #958 | 72 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #1,016 | 64 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | #829 | 78 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #900 | 64 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #860 | 71 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #831 | 78 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #849 | 80 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #906 | 68 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | #912 | 69 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #990 | 61 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #813 | 88 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #766 | 99 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #907 | 69 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #795 | 89 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #762 | 93 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #836 | 77 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #842 | 74 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #833 | 74 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #828 | 72 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #919 | 58 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #967 | 51 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
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| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donell! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Donell is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#292 · 1 in 2,542
- Mississippi#302 · 1 in 2,854
- Maryland#353 · 1 in 6,313
- Georgia#388 · 1 in 5,017
- Tennessee#442 · 1 in 8,193
Best ever in a state: #244 in Arkansas, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #292 | 8 | 1 in 2,542 |
| Mississippi | #302 | 10 | 1 in 2,854 |
| Maryland | #353 | 5 | 1 in 6,313 |
| Georgia | #388 | 10 | 1 in 5,017 |
| Tennessee | #442 | 5 | 1 in 8,193 |
| North Carolina | #477 | 7 | 1 in 7,928 |
| Alabama | #490 | 5 | 1 in 7,994 |
| Illinois | #588 | 7 | 1 in 16,045 |
| Texas | #913 | 6 | 1 in 20,647 |
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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 Donell
- 2,541 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,446)
- 150 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #6,446)
- 1,388 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1949 (#1,280 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1961 (#813 → #990)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1956 at #762 (93 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1951–1969
- Highest: 1 in 17,481 boys born in 1977 were named Donell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #762 in 1956, was only 1 in 22,745 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.8% of all boys named Donell (812) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 | #2,829 (1915) | #3,227 |
| 1920s | 107 | #1,846 (1926) | #2,528 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,189 (1934) | #1,677 |
| 1940s | 275 | #967 (1949) | #1,425 |
| 1950s | 752 | #762 (1956) | #851 |
| 1960s | 724 | #813 (1960) | #882 |
| 1970s | 812 | #851 (1972) | #922 |
| 1980s | 715 | #1,004 (1980) | #1,125 |
| 1990s | 515 | #1,287 (1990) | #1,817 |
| 2000s | 442 | #1,681 (2000) | #2,623 |
| 2010s | 209 | #3,072 (2010) | #4,945 |
| 2020s | 65 | #6,296 (2020) | #7,451 |
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.
Donell in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 133,847 of them was named Donell, which outranked 55.8% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,929Wendolyn16
- #2,929Willow16
- #2,929Zenaida16
- #3,048Donell15
- #3,048Adina15
- #3,048Aggie15
- #3,048Alexia15
- #3,186Aaron14
- #3,186Adel14
- #3,186Alise14
Tied with 137 names at #3,048; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 22,745 of them was named Donell, which outranked 82.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).