Donny
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 426 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,887since 1927
Donny over time
Rank among boys' names. Donny 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,848 | 28 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,693 | 30 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,002 | 27 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,412 | 34 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,636 | 30 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,966 | 39 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,805 | 42 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,763 | 42 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,954 | 39 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,164 | 35 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,181 | 35 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,639 | 29 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,237 | 59 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,185 | 61 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,205 | 58 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,365 | 49 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,102 | 56 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,206 | 49 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,694 | 69 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,585 | 74 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,593 | 68 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,849 | 53 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,164 | 40 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,671 | 57 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,577 | 59 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,608 | 57 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,379 | 70 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,289 | 77 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,162 | 90 | |
| 1990 | — | #980 | 115 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,045 | 98 | |
| 1988 | — | #961 | 100 | |
| 1987 | — | #921 | 105 | |
| 1986 | — | #901 | 102 | |
| 1985 | — | #845 | 113 | |
| 1984 | — | #752 | 132 | |
| 1983 | — | #709 | 146 | |
| 1982 | — | #602 | 202 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #565 | 230 |
| 1980 | — | #536 | 257 | |
| 1979 | — | #526 | 259 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #460 | 303 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #378 | 426 |
| 1976 | — | #378 | 413 | |
| 1975 | — | #503 | 252 | |
| 1974 | — | #519 | 231 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #479 | 269 |
| 1972 | — | #512 | 237 | |
| 1971 | — | #536 | 222 | |
| 1970 | — | #668 | 150 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #610 | 165 |
| 1968 | — | #570 | 177 | |
| 1967 | — | #540 | 191 | |
| 1966 | — | #548 | 196 | |
| 1965 | — | #569 | 181 | |
| 1964 | — | #467 | 286 | |
| 1963 | — | #486 | 271 | |
| 1962 | — | #461 | 299 | |
| 1961 | — | #456 | 312 | |
| 1960 | — | #420 | 358 | |
| 1959 | — | #428 | 349 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #465 | 284 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #467 | 273 |
| 1956 | — | #505 | 224 | |
| 1955 | — | #445 | 279 | |
| 1954 | — | #429 | 280 | |
| 1953 | — | #453 | 249 | |
| 1952 | — | #458 | 237 | |
| 1951 | — | #455 | 222 | |
| 1950 | — | #454 | 211 | |
| 1949 | — | #433 | 239 | |
| 1948 | — | #452 | 216 | |
| 1947 | — | #483 | 192 | |
| 1946 | — | #504 | 165 | |
| 1945 | — | #572 | 112 | |
| 1944 | — | #531 | 130 | |
| 1943 | — | #600 | 111 | |
| 1942 | — | #663 | 95 | |
| 1941 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1940 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1939 | — | #726 | 68 | |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,028 | 38 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,057 | 37 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donny! It came in at #3,451, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1927–1929, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Donny is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#237 · 1 in 1,815
- Tennessee#244 · 1 in 2,087
- Alabama#264 · 1 in 1,900
- Georgia#266 · 1 in 2,059
- Arkansas#292 · 1 in 2,501
Best ever in a state: #163 in Arkansas, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #237 | 10 | 1 in 1,815 |
| Tennessee | #244 | 15 | 1 in 2,087 |
| Alabama | #264 | 14 | 1 in 1,900 |
| Georgia | #266 | 19 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Arkansas | #292 | 6 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Louisiana | #306 | 15 | 1 in 1,982 |
| Kentucky | #321 | 7 | 1 in 3,682 |
| Mississippi | #334 | 7 | 1 in 2,710 |
| South Carolina | #337 | 7 | 1 in 3,044 |
| North Carolina | #371 | 10 | 1 in 3,941 |
| Virginia | #380 | 7 | 1 in 4,510 |
| Texas | #391 | 33 | 1 in 3,173 |
| Ohio | #432 | 12 | 1 in 6,422 |
| Florida | #439 | 11 | 1 in 4,500 |
| California | #540 | 21 | 1 in 6,870 |
| Michigan | #594 | 6 | 1 in 10,955 |
| Illinois | #691 | 7 | 1 in 11,148 |
| New York | #830 | 7 | 1 in 16,334 |
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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 Donny
- 155 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #3,848)
- 114 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #3,848)
- 882 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1937 (#1,028 → #880)
- Biggest drop: 182 spots in 1991 (#980 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1977 at #378 (426 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1937–1988
- Highest: 1 in 3,799 boys born in 1976 were named Donny (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #378 in 1977, was only 1 in 3,857 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all boys named Donny (2,762) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | #3,451 (1927) | #3,720 |
| 1930s | 376 | #726 (1939) | #1,185 |
| 1940s | 1,413 | #433 (1949) | #563 |
| 1950s | 2,608 | #428 (1959) | #456 |
| 1960s | 2,436 | #420 (1960) | #513 |
| 1970s | 2,762 | #378 (1977) | #496 |
| 1980s | 1,485 | #536 (1980) | #784 |
| 1990s | 686 | #980 (1990) | #1,527 |
| 2000s | 576 | #1,585 (2000) | #2,185 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,763 (2013) | #3,240 |
| 2020s | 175 | #3,412 (2022) | #3,751 |
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.
Donny in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 243,035 of them was named Donny, which outranked 24.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,666Yumi7
- #6,666Zanthia7
- #6,666Zenda7
- #7,435Donny6
- #7,435Abagail6
- #7,435Adabel6
- #7,435Adalia6
- #8,423Aarti5
- #8,423Abbigail5
- #8,423Abi5
Tied with 987 names at #7,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 5,794 of them was named Donny, which outranked 91.8% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #476Sonny274
- #477Rogelio271
- #478Devon270
- #479Donny269
- #479Morris269
- #479Teddy269
- #482Lynn267
- #483Dominick266
- #484Jarrett262
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.