Donnovan

Peak · boys
2007 · 37 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
553
since 1970

Donnovan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Donnovan has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,090, 2007boys
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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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rankbirths
2025#9,7147
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2019#10,8036
2018#12,1565
2017#6,06014
2016#6,05314
2015#6,67612
2014#6,30713
2013#7,02611
2012#6,00114
2011#4,22123
2010#5,74115
2009#4,74820
2008#4,26723
2007#3,09037
2006#4,67519
2005#4,06222
2004#3,21730
2003#4,42618
2002#3,34926
2001#4,12119
2000#4,20418
1999#3,83419
1998#3,70819
1997#4,96012
1996#5,53510
1995#6,4078
1994#4,09415
1993#3,66117
1992#4,32713
1991#4,47612
1990#5,8238
1989#5,1659
1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
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1972#3,15210
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five boys were named Donnovan! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Donnovan is popular in 2025

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

See more about Donnovan
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 3,038 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 2007 at #3,090 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 3 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 56,092
  • Highest: 1 in 56,092 boys born in 2007 were named Donnovan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 42.0% of all boys named Donnovan (232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s28#3,152 (1972)#4,173
1980s26#5,165 (1989)#5,983
1990s133#3,661 (1993)#4,683
2000s232#3,090 (2007)#4,016
2010s127#4,221 (2011)#7,104
2020s7#9,714 (2025)#9,714

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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