Donita
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 179 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,189since 1915
Donita over time
Rank among girls' names. Donita has never cracked the top 600 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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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
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| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 |
| 1987 | #2,309 | 46 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 |
| 1981 | #1,958 | 54 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 |
| 1979 | #1,770 | 61 |
| 1978 | #1,598 | 67 |
| 1977 | #1,559 | 69 |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 |
| 1975 | #1,301 | 85 |
| 1974 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1973 | #1,098 | 103 |
| 1972 | #1,254 | 82 |
| 1971 | #1,159 | 100 |
| 1970 | #1,088 | 109 |
| 1969 | #1,139 | 95 |
| 1968 | #999 | 110 |
| 1967 | #1,011 | 103 |
| 1966 | #900 | 125 |
| 1965 | #887 | 127 |
| 1964 | #908 | 132 |
| 1963 | #923 | 130 |
| 1962 | #735 | 199 |
| 1961 | #835 | 159 |
| 1960 | #874 | 141 |
| 1959 | #800 | 163 |
| 1958 | #837 | 148 |
| 1957 | #752 | 176 |
| 1956 | #768 | 162 |
| 1955 | #707 | 178 |
| 1954 | #722 | 163 |
| 1953 | #673 | 179 |
| 1952 | #715 | 155 |
| 1951 | #765 | 133 |
| 1950 | #858 | 106 |
| 1949 | #958 | 87 |
| 1948 | #1,124 | 63 |
| 1947 | #984 | 80 |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 |
| 1943 | #1,291 | 40 |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1940 | #989 | 52 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Donita! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Donita is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#289 · 1 in 1,895
- Kansas#397 · 1 in 3,388
- Kentucky#414 · 1 in 3,986
- Indiana#507 · 1 in 6,238
- Missouri#566 · 1 in 7,383
Best ever in a state: #169 in Kansas, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #289 | 11 | 1 in 1,895 |
| Kansas | #397 | 6 | 1 in 3,388 |
| Kentucky | #414 | 8 | 1 in 3,986 |
| Indiana | #507 | 8 | 1 in 6,238 |
| Missouri | #566 | 6 | 1 in 7,383 |
| North Carolina | #572 | 7 | 1 in 6,968 |
| Ohio | #629 | 12 | 1 in 8,687 |
| Louisiana | #694 | 5 | 1 in 7,609 |
| Illinois | #780 | 9 | 1 in 11,847 |
| Michigan | #900 | 5 | 1 in 17,375 |
| Texas | #901 | 10 | 1 in 11,176 |
| Pennsylvania | #930 | 5 | 1 in 22,210 |
| New York | #1,018 | 8 | 1 in 20,996 |
| California | #1,213 | 8 | 1 in 21,891 |
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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 Donita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 596 spots in 1940 (#1,585 → #989)
- Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1941 (#989 → #1,310)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1953 at #673 (179 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1949–1966
- Highest: 1 in 9,882 girls born in 1962 were named Donita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 367,423 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #673 in 1953, was only 1 in 10,510 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.1% of all girls named Donita (1,563) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,346 |
| 1920s | 95 | #2,011 (1929) | #3,518 |
| 1930s | 249 | #1,372 (1934) | #1,520 |
| 1940s | 530 | #958 (1949) | #1,179 |
| 1950s | 1,563 | #673 (1953) | #760 |
| 1960s | 1,321 | #735 (1962) | #921 |
| 1970s | 827 | #1,088 (1970) | #1,363 |
| 1980s | 421 | #1,583 (1980) | #2,578 |
| 1990s | 148 | #3,156 (1990) | #6,500 |
| 2000s | 25 | #11,624 (2004) | #14,144 |
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.
Donita in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 12,695 of them was named Donita, which outranked 88.9% 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).
- #831Madelyn160
- #831Sherrill160
- #831Suzie160
- #835Donita159
- #835Alana159
- #835Mark159
- #835Rosanna159
- #840Camilla158
- #840Ora158
- #840Sharla158
Tied with 4 names at #835; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.