Donetta
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #13,595
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,994since 1919
Donetta over time
Rank among girls' names. Donetta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #13,595 | 6 |
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 |
| 1965 | #1,547 | 52 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,497 | 56 |
| 1961 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 |
| 1959 | #1,417 | 57 |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,287 | 65 |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Donetta! It came in at #3,452, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Donetta is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#437 · 1 in 5,049
- Ohio#760 · 1 in 15,339
- Texas#1,125 · 1 in 19,138
Best ever in a state: #257 in West Virginia, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #437 | 10 | 1 in 5,049 |
| Ohio | #760 | 7 | 1 in 15,339 |
| Texas | #1,125 | 6 | 1 in 19,138 |
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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 Donetta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1956 at #1,287 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 30,888 girls born in 1956 were named Donetta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 299,480 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Donetta (488) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,452 (1919) | #3,452 |
| 1920s | 58 | #2,284 (1928) | #3,785 |
| 1930s | 128 | #1,663 (1935) | #2,436 |
| 1940s | 291 | #1,413 (1947) | #1,621 |
| 1950s | 450 | #1,287 (1956) | #1,543 |
| 1960s | 488 | #1,497 (1962) | #1,642 |
| 1970s | 331 | #2,001 (1971) | #2,450 |
| 1980s | 165 | #3,431 (1983) | #4,860 |
| 1990s | 69 | #6,131 (1990) | #10,715 |
| 2000s | 6 | #13,595 (2002) | #13,595 |
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.
Donetta in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 30,888 of them was named Donetta, which outranked 81.3% 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).
- #1,279Lindsey66
- #1,279Lonna66
- #1,279Tonja66
- #1,287Donetta65
- #1,287Alane65
- #1,287Carma65
- #1,287Doretta65
- #1,298Belva64
- #1,298Bridgett64
- #1,298Deb64
Tied with 10 names at #1,287; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.