Donivan
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,181since 1913
Donivan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Donivan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #3,308 | 33 |
| 2009 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2008 | #2,632 | 47 |
| 2007 | #2,304 | 56 |
| 2006 | #2,881 | 39 |
| 2005 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | #2,843 | 36 |
| 2003 | #2,545 | 40 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,249 | 45 |
| 2000 | #2,476 | 38 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
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| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
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| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Donivan! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Donivan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Donivan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 3,941 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #12,008)
- 6,009 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
88 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2001 at #2,249 (45 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 37,061
- Highest: 1 in 37,061 boys born in 2007 were named Donivan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,249 in 2001, was only 1 in 43,175 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 35.5% of all boys named Donivan (419) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #2,496 (1913) | #3,333 |
| 1920s | 15 | #4,201 (1926) | #4,242 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,022 (1930) | #3,358 |
| 1940s | 17 | #3,173 (1946) | #3,380 |
| 1950s | 30 | #2,770 (1950) | #3,510 |
| 1960s | 34 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,130 |
| 1970s | 63 | #3,215 (1978) | #4,124 |
| 1980s | 101 | #3,268 (1986) | #4,299 |
| 1990s | 234 | #2,398 (1999) | #3,215 |
| 2000s | 419 | #2,249 (2001) | #2,612 |
| 2010s | 187 | #3,308 (2010) | #5,740 |
| 2020s | 40 | #6,335 (2021) | #9,434 |
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.
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