Donnie
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
Given to boys 89.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 1,732 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 60,928since 1882
Donnie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,793 | 89 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,767 | 93 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,928 | 81 |
| 2022 | — | #1,782 | 92 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,721 | 94 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,815 | 82 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,849 | 81 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,886 | 79 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #1,594 | 101 |
| 2016 | — | #1,501 | 113 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,427 | 120 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,348 | 127 |
| 2013 | — | #1,500 | 108 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,428 | 116 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,524 | 104 |
| 2010 | — | #1,316 | 130 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,390 | 122 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,319 | 132 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,223 | 144 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #1,249 | 134 |
| 2005 | — | #1,225 | 129 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #1,183 | 131 |
| 2003 | — | #1,029 | 153 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,064 | 142 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,024 | 144 |
| 2000 | — | #949 | 160 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #905 | 165 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #812 | 185 |
| 1997 | — | #799 | 183 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #802 | 179 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #799 | 180 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #745 | 197 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #665 | 240 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #641 | 258 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #620 | 270 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #544 | 339 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #593 | 271 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #529 | 297 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #489 | 329 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #494 | 312 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #471 | 340 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #423 | 384 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #392 | 425 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #384 | 440 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #366 | 477 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #337 | 551 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #323 | 579 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #304 | 595 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #303 | 641 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #275 | 703 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #264 | 739 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #255 | 759 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | #249 | 786 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #246 | 861 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #251 | 892 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | #252 | 913 |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | #251 | 830 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 | #242 | 874 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | #244 | 836 |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 | #239 | 871 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | #234 | 971 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 | #226 | 1,109 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 | #222 | 1,153 |
| 1962 | #1,429 | 60 | #212 | 1,303 |
| 1961 | #1,144 | 92 | #207 | 1,379 |
| 1960 | #1,280 | 74 | #193 | 1,564 |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 | #184 | 1,640 |
| 1958 | #1,069 | 96 | #181 | 1,598 |
| 1957 | #1,177 | 80 | #177 | 1,717 |
| 1956 | #1,023 | 100 | #173 | 1,723 |
| 1955 | #1,050 | 92 | #169 | 1,672 |
| 1954 | #940 | 105 | #162 | 1,770 |
| 1953 | #886 | 113 | #156 | 1,790 |
| 1952 | #893 | 107 | #156 | 1,805 |
| 1951 | #891 | 103 | #150 | 1,732 |
| 1950 | #916 | 94 | #150 | 1,724 |
| 1949 | #782 | 122 | #156 | 1,619 |
| 1948 | #715 | 138 | #162 | 1,482 |
| 1947 | #780 | 122 | #168 | 1,419 |
| 1946 | #703 | 131 | #165 | 1,275 |
| 1945 | #688 | 118 | #168 | 991 |
| 1944 | #651 | 129 | #171 | 983 |
| 1943 | #605 | 154 | #180 | 920 |
| 1942 | #662 | 128 | #191 | 837 |
| 1941 | #572 | 148 | #187 | 786 |
| 1940 | #649 | 115 | #197 | 674 |
| 1939 | #628 | 116 | #196 | 641 |
| 1938 | #603 | 129 | #207 | 595 |
| 1937 | #540 | 152 | #199 | 620 |
| 1936 | #547 | 144 | #224 | 505 |
| 1935 | #574 | 126 | #263 | 425 |
| 1934 | #612 | 116 | #270 | 403 |
| 1933 | #646 | 103 | #293 | 325 |
| 1932 | #643 | 108 | #315 | 303 |
| 1931 | #623 | 113 | #364 | 237 |
| 1930 | #667 | 106 | #445 | 175 |
| 1929 | #691 | 103 | #491 | 142 |
| 1928 | #742 | 91 | #547 | 123 |
| 1927 | #747 | 92 | #668 | 91 |
| 1926 | #680 | 115 | #813 | 66 |
| 1925 | #712 | 107 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | #703 | 112 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #718 | 103 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #742 | 96 | #949 | 54 |
| 1921 | #766 | 91 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | #750 | 93 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #762 | 85 | #877 | 57 |
| 1918 | #731 | 96 | #1,211 | 33 |
| 1917 | #703 | 96 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #824 | 67 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #696 | 91 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #666 | 76 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #667 | 61 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #659 | 58 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #624 | 47 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #624 | 39 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #614 | 37 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #776 | 22 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #510 | 44 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #559 | 36 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 | — | |
| 1901 | #475 | 40 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #457 | 54 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #537 | 31 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 | — | |
| 1897 | #462 | 40 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #635 | 24 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #442 | 37 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #429 | 35 | — | |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 | — | |
| 1880 | #367 | 20 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Donnie! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Donnie is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#107 · 1 in 600
- Kentucky#107 · 1 in 635
- South Carolina#114 · 1 in 568
- Tennessee#130 · 1 in 743
- West Virginia#133 · 1 in 976
Best ever in a state: #39 in Kentucky, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #107 | 43 | 1 in 635 |
| North Carolina | #107 | 62 | 1 in 600 |
| South Carolina | #114 | 36 | 1 in 568 |
| Tennessee | #130 | 43 | 1 in 743 |
| West Virginia | #133 | 14 | 1 in 976 |
| Arkansas | #143 | 19 | 1 in 776 |
| Alabama | #145 | 35 | 1 in 737 |
| Mississippi | #148 | 24 | 1 in 769 |
| Georgia | #216 | 26 | 1 in 1,452 |
| Missouri | #220 | 18 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Oklahoma | #222 | 12 | 1 in 1,654 |
| Louisiana | #233 | 24 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Virginia | #247 | 16 | 1 in 2,001 |
| Florida | #280 | 25 | 1 in 2,040 |
| Ohio | #284 | 23 | 1 in 3,351 |
| Texas | #298 | 55 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Indiana | #302 | 11 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Michigan | #371 | 13 | 1 in 4,942 |
| Arizona | #382 | 6 | 1 in 3,164 |
| Washington | #429 | 5 | 1 in 5,356 |
| Illinois | #536 | 11 | 1 in 7,217 |
| Pennsylvania | #579 | 6 | 1 in 12,228 |
| California | #595 | 21 | 1 in 8,044 |
| New York | #989 | 6 | 1 in 18,376 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Donnie
- 26 spots since 2024 (#1,767 → #1,793)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #1,793)
- 366 spots since 2015 (#1,427 → #1,793)
- Biggest jump: 334 spots in 1919 (#1,211 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 417 spots in 1906 (#836 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1951 at #150 (1,732 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1922–2000
- Highest: 1 in 1,038 boys born in 1950 were named Donnie (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #150 in 1951, was only 1 in 1,087 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.2% of all boys named Donnie (17,171) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1927, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #752 (1887) | #858 |
| 1890s | 50 | #674 (1896) | #876 |
| 1900s | 70 | #783 (1903) | #972 |
| 1910s | 301 | #871 (1913) | #1,045 |
| 1920s | 722 | #491 (1929) | #853 |
| 1930s | 4,229 | #196 (1939) | #278 |
| 1940s | 10,986 | #156 (1949) | #175 |
| 1950s | 17,171 | #150 (1951) | #166 |
| 1960s | 10,890 | #193 (1960) | #227 |
| 1970s | 7,468 | #246 (1972) | #272 |
| 1980s | 3,826 | #337 (1980) | #448 |
| 1990s | 2,196 | #544 (1990) | #733 |
| 2000s | 1,391 | #949 (2000) | #1,166 |
| 2010s | 1,079 | #1,316 (2010) | #1,537 |
| 2020s | 531 | #1,721 (2021) | #1,801 |
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.
Donnie in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 109,419 of them was named Donnie, which outranked 59.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,459Vernell15
- #4,459Yara15
- #4,459Zaneta15
- #4,679Donnie14
- #4,679Addy14
- #4,679Aiyana14
- #4,679Akila14
- #4,931Aarti13
- #4,931Adrain13
- #4,931Ailsa13
Tied with 251 names at #4,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,759 of them was named Donnie, which outranked 95.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.