Donald Name Popularity

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How popular is Donald?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Donald, ranked the 526th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Donald has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Position 6, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1934 with 30,409 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Donald was 27 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Donald occurred roughly during the years 1881-1884, 1885-1895, 1896-1900, 1903-1930, and 1943-1947, whereas 1954-1975, 1979-1985, 1988-2002, and 2003-2009 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Donald has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Donald lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Donald?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Donald still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Donald is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Donald (Girl)		Donald (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	533	526
2017		< 5	--	600	487
2016		< 5	--	624	489
2015		< 5	--	691	443
2014		< 5	--	738	419
2013		< 5	--	708	417
2012		< 5	--	726	401
2011		< 5	--	787	377
2010		< 5	--	765	376
2009		< 5	--	838	363
2008		< 5	--	991	333
2007		< 5	--	998	321
2006		< 5	--	1,098	303
2005		< 5	--	1,150	289
2004		8	11,917	1,250	263
2003		< 5	--	1,308	253
2002		< 5	--	1,288	252
2001		< 5	--	1,470	231
2000		< 5	--	1,609	217
1999		< 5	--	1,747	192
1998		< 5	--	1,861	180
1997		9	9,242	1,970	173
1996		7	10,887	2,182	159
1995		8	9,841	2,253	155
1994		5	14,058	2,652	132
1993		12	7,153	2,996	118
1992		< 5	--	3,265	110
1991		9	8,794	3,649	102
1990		11	7,450	4,177	87
1989		18	4,914	4,323	82
1988		36	2,887	4,325	76
1987		42	2,449	4,502	70
1986		34	2,793	4,661	71
1985		37	2,610	4,749	66
1984		36	2,588	5,064	63
1983		47	2,105	5,328	60
1982		46	2,193	5,714	58
1981		40	2,419	5,912	56
1980		46	2,197	6,270	53
1979		63	1,738	6,515	51
1978		38	2,357	6,425	48
1977		35	2,469	6,867	46
1976		58	1,687	6,799	47
1975		57	1,675	7,198	42
1974		47	1,854	7,760	41
1973		75	1,341	8,364	39
1972		77	1,315	9,263	36
1971		67	1,501	10,872	34
1970		64	1,530	12,403	30
1969		77	1,279	12,777	30
1968		73	1,292	13,368	29
1967		84	1,157	14,225	27
1966		82	1,181	14,719	27
1965		61	1,413	16,040	26
1964		68	1,361	18,058	25
1963		83	1,203	18,908	25
1962		71	1,317	20,417	23
1961		75	1,280	21,403	22
1960		87	1,167	22,730	19
1959		89	1,129	23,868	19
1958		94	1,080	24,995	18
1957		93	1,085	27,864	15
1956		85	1,119	28,213	14
1955		69	1,212	27,714	14
1954		66	1,226	29,263	14
1953		69	1,167	28,360	14
1952		72	1,110	28,283	13
1951		65	1,163	27,918	15
1950		51	1,287	27,002	14
1949		68	1,090	27,113	13
1948		48	1,330	26,443	14
1947		63	1,132	28,257	13
1946		72	988	26,262	13
1945		47	1,145	22,135	12
1944		60	1,006	23,461	11
1943		69	947	24,415	11
1942		76	897	23,951	10
1941		63	926	22,633	10
1940		84	763	23,106	9
1939		83	754	24,056	8
1938		79	794	26,665	7
1937		81	753	27,868	7
1936		88	711	28,635	7
1935		112	614	29,661	7
1934		110	635	30,409	6
1933		133	552	28,437	7
1932		125	587	29,786	7
1931		160	518	29,102	7
1930		175	507	29,048	7
1929		170	522	27,186	7
1928		170	536	25,698	7
1927		144	589	23,840	8
1926		133	620	20,912	9
1925		105	719	19,191	10
1924		85	811	17,929	10
1923		53	1,040	16,435	10
1922		56	999	14,915	12
1921		57	991	13,776	13
1920		46	1,107	11,942	16
1919		42	1,139	9,903	17
1918		38	1,217	9,973	18
1917		29	1,381	8,729	20
1916		22	1,637	7,737	20
1915		20	1,695	7,116	20
1914		19	1,497	4,835	23
1913		14	1,616	3,703	25
1912		7	2,442	2,872	27
1911		< 5	--	1,275	36
1910		6	2,210	860	44
1909		< 5	--	725	42
1908		< 5	--	664	45
1907		< 5	--	616	44
1906		< 5	--	486	51
1905		< 5	--	426	59
1904		< 5	--	413	58
1903		< 5	--	359	60
1902		< 5	--	366	63
1901		< 5	--	250	77
1900		< 5	--	328	79
1899		< 5	--	258	74
1898		< 5	--	238	88
1897		< 5	--	195	92
1896		< 5	--	211	94
1895		< 5	--	203	96
1894		< 5	--	169	106
1893		< 5	--	166	105
1892		< 5	--	137	123
1891		< 5	--	100	136
1890		5	1,385	109	131
1889		< 5	--	75	180
1888		< 5	--	77	195
1887		< 5	--	60	198
1886		< 5	--	57	224
1885		< 5	--	47	242
1884		< 5	--	59	216
1883		< 5	--	52	209
1882		< 5	--	48	242
1881		< 5	--	27	315
1880		< 5	--	46	246

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.