Donzell
- Last seen for girls in 1967 at #6,804
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 97.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 46 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,050since 1924
Donzell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Donzell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,793 | 17 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,577 | 28 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,730 | 46 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,288 | 19 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,243 | 17 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,279 | 17 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five boys were named Donzell! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1937, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Donzell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Donzell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Donzell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
- 1,127 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1990 at #1,730 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 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 44,653
- Highest: 1 in 44,653 boys born in 1990 were named Donzell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 22.2% of all boys named Donzell (233) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,347 (1924) | #4,347 |
| 1930s | 18 | #2,646 (1938) | #3,225 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,788 (1948) | #3,028 |
| 1950s | 128 | #2,033 (1959) | #2,272 |
| 1960s | 118 | #1,814 (1966) | #2,530 |
| 1970s | 169 | #1,871 (1973) | #2,535 |
| 1980s | 149 | #2,596 (1982) | #3,216 |
| 1990s | 233 | #1,730 (1990) | #3,361 |
| 2000s | 94 | #3,922 (2000) | #7,646 |
| 2010s | 78 | #6,359 (2010) | #8,741 |
| 2020s | 17 | #10,605 (2020) | #11,149 |
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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