Donyell
- Last seen for girls in 2007 at #15,491
- Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
- Given to boys 56.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 509since 1969
Donyell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
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| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
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| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
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| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Donyell! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Donyell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Donyell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Donyell
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1974 at #1,546 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 4 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 49,135
- Highest: 1 in 49,135 boys born in 1974 were named Donyell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 370,191 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 38.9% of all boys named Donyell (198) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 198 | #1,546 (1974) | #2,367 |
| 1980s | 105 | #2,162 (1980) | #4,338 |
| 1990s | 115 | #2,618 (1994) | #5,783 |
| 2000s | 76 | #4,890 (2001) | #6,965 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,231 (2010) | #12,239 |
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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