Donn

Where Donn comes from

Donn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Donn F. Draeger born
    American martial artist
  3. 1930
    Donn F. Eisele born
    American astronaut
  4. 1949
    Peak, #366
    341 babies named Donn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #566.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Donn F. Eisele · American astronaut, 1930–1987
  • Donn F. Draeger · American martial artist, 1922–1982
  • Donn Roach · American baseball player, born 1989
  • Donn Tatum · American businessman, 1913–1993
  • Donn Cambern · American film editor, 1929–2023

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.