Donelle
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #13,924 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #9,756
Given to girls 77.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,127since 1922
Donelle 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
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| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Donelle! It came in at #4,011, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Donelle is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,443 · 1 in 21,972
Best ever in a state: #989 in California, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,443 | 7 | 1 in 21,972 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Donelle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1968 at #1,909 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 36,455 girls born in 1973 were named Donelle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 274,660 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,909 in 1968, was only 1 in 42,061 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.0% of all girls named Donelle (315) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #4,011 (1922) | #4,011 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 55 | #3,034 (1946) | #4,133 |
| 1950s | 165 | #2,236 (1953) | #2,848 |
| 1960s | 263 | #1,909 (1968) | #2,451 |
| 1970s | 315 | #1,986 (1970) | #2,568 |
| 1980s | 215 | #2,986 (1981) | #3,940 |
| 1990s | 90 | #5,549 (1990) | #7,675 |
| 2000s | 17 | #13,924 (2007) | #14,796 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Donelle in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 42,061 of them was named Donelle, which outranked 76.7% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,887Tama40
- #1,887Virgie40
- #1,887Winnie40
- #1,909Donelle39
- #1,909Alena39
- #1,909Aline39
- #1,909Billi39
- #1,940Annalisa38
- #1,940Antonietta38
- #1,940Barrie38
Tied with 30 names at #1,909; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.