Donnalee

Peak · girls
1944 · 39 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
966
since 1926

Donnalee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Donnalee has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,272, 1944girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1994#10,5697
1993#13,4425
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1991#13,1475
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1989#10,8476
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1986#10,9125
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1982#10,5175
1981#9,1106
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1975#7,9846
1974#8,7755
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1969#4,72310
1968#4,7799
1967#6,8045
1966#3,26615
1965#3,05017
1964#3,51514
1963#2,86419
1962#3,43814
1961#3,18916
1960#2,19628
1959#2,45822
1958#2,75518
1957#2,92616
1956#3,49312
1955#2,34122
1954#3,71810
1953#2,36320
1952#2,50218
1951#1,80529
1950#1,91125
1949#1,66632
1948#1,31349
1947#1,66133
1946#1,39439
1945#1,29238
1944#1,27239
1943#1,30539
1942#1,55928
1941#1,41830
1940#1,79220
1939#1,42427
1938#1,41328
1937#1,63022
1936#2,03215
1935#1,66321
1934#1,83418
1933#1,97016
1932#3,9016
1931#1,63522
1930#2,69011
1929#3,1379
1928#2,38114
1927#2,55213
1926#3,5648
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five girls were named Donnalee! It came in at #3,564, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Donnalee is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Donnalee in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Donnalee
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1944 at #1,272 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,031
  • Highest: 1 in 34,031 girls born in 1944 were named Donnalee (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 255,108 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 35.9% of all girls named Donnalee (347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s44#2,381 (1928)#2,909
1930s186#1,413 (1938)#2,019
1940s347#1,272 (1944)#1,467
1950s192#1,805 (1951)#2,627
1960s147#2,196 (1960)#3,782
1970s11#7,984 (1975)#8,380
1980s22#9,110 (1981)#10,347
1990s17#10,569 (1994)#12,386

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.

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