Donn
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #6,948 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 341 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,553since 1912
Donn over time
Rank among boys' names. Donn has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,345 | 42 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,014 | 63 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,070 | 58 |
| 1970 | — | #875 | 85 | |
| 1969 | — | #846 | 82 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #788 | 88 |
| 1967 | — | #791 | 85 | |
| 1966 | — | #848 | 73 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #873 | 70 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #723 | 113 |
| 1963 | — | #773 | 97 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #750 | 103 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #726 | 112 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #657 | 141 |
| 1959 | — | #634 | 149 | |
| 1958 | — | #615 | 156 | |
| 1957 | — | #587 | 171 | |
| 1956 | — | #626 | 147 | |
| 1955 | — | #528 | 193 | |
| 1954 | — | #566 | 168 | |
| 1953 | — | #510 | 190 | |
| 1952 | — | #517 | 182 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #462 | 216 |
| 1950 | — | #424 | 250 | |
| 1949 | — | #366 | 341 | |
| 1948 | — | #530 | 157 | |
| 1947 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1946 | — | #556 | 131 | |
| 1945 | — | #599 | 102 | |
| 1944 | — | #642 | 92 | |
| 1943 | — | #703 | 83 | |
| 1942 | — | #646 | 97 | |
| 1941 | — | #662 | 85 | |
| 1940 | — | #653 | 85 | |
| 1939 | — | #663 | 80 | |
| 1938 | — | #644 | 86 | |
| 1937 | — | #722 | 70 | |
| 1936 | — | #742 | 66 | |
| 1935 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1934 | — | #601 | 96 | |
| 1933 | — | #619 | 87 | |
| 1932 | — | #620 | 92 | |
| 1931 | — | #717 | 72 | |
| 1930 | — | #599 | 103 | |
| 1929 | — | #527 | 122 | |
| 1928 | — | #629 | 96 | |
| 1927 | — | #659 | 93 | |
| 1926 | — | #654 | 93 | |
| 1925 | — | #814 | 66 | |
| 1924 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,120 | 40 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donn! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2004, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Donn is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#144 · 1 in 988
- Wisconsin#163 · 1 in 1,865
- Minnesota#202 · 1 in 2,375
- Ohio#230 · 1 in 3,027
- Iowa#236 · 1 in 2,735
Best ever in a state: #133 in Nebraska, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #144 | 15 | 1 in 988 |
| Wisconsin | #163 | 21 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Minnesota | #202 | 15 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Ohio | #230 | 30 | 1 in 3,027 |
| Iowa | #236 | 11 | 1 in 2,735 |
| Washington | #241 | 10 | 1 in 2,708 |
| Massachusetts | #271 | 6 | 1 in 7,916 |
| Michigan | #276 | 17 | 1 in 4,574 |
| Oregon | #276 | 5 | 1 in 3,362 |
| Indiana | #294 | 9 | 1 in 4,992 |
| New Jersey | #318 | 6 | 1 in 7,668 |
| New York | #363 | 21 | 1 in 7,183 |
| Florida | #377 | 6 | 1 in 5,076 |
| Pennsylvania | #383 | 10 | 1 in 10,840 |
| Illinois | #429 | 9 | 1 in 10,303 |
| California | #451 | 15 | 1 in 8,135 |
| Louisiana | #506 | 5 | 1 in 7,083 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Donn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1925 (#984 → #814)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1971 (#875 → #1,070)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1949 at #366 (341 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1924–1970
- Highest: 1 in 5,202 boys born in 1949 were named Donn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 27.8% of all boys named Donn (1,822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 145 | #1,362 (1917) | #1,623 |
| 1920s | 671 | #527 (1929) | #902 |
| 1930s | 827 | #599 (1930) | #662 |
| 1940s | 1,294 | #366 (1949) | #598 |
| 1950s | 1,822 | #424 (1950) | #547 |
| 1960s | 964 | #657 (1960) | #778 |
| 1970s | 458 | #875 (1970) | #1,391 |
| 1980s | 207 | #1,852 (1980) | #2,568 |
| 1990s | 85 | #3,779 (1990) | #6,577 |
| 2000s | 46 | #4,389 (2000) | #9,345 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,889 (2019) | #10,964 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,294 |
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.
Donn in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
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1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 7,161 of them was named Donn, which outranked 89.9% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).