Donna Name Popularity

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How popular is Donna?

In 2018 the uncommon name Donna, ranked the 1,567th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Donna is currently less popular.

Position 5, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1959 and as recently as 1960.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1959 with 36,465 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Donna was 15 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Donna occurred roughly during the years 1881-1887, 1896-1900, 1905-1932, 1933-1938, 1939-1947, and 1950-1959, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1959-1986, 1987-1996, 2008-2011, and 2013-2016.

The popularity trend for Donna has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Donna for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Donna?

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

The name Donna is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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

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		Donna (Girl)		Donna (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		137	1,567	< 5	--
2017		124	1,711	< 5	--
2016		118	1,756	< 5	--
2015		160	1,438	< 5	--
2014		161	1,413	< 5	--
2013		175	1,333	< 5	--
2012		188	1,273	< 5	--
2011		199	1,203	< 5	--
2010		256	986	< 5	--
2009		262	1,009	< 5	--
2008		277	967	< 5	--
2007		260	1,018	< 5	--
2006		325	828	< 5	--
2005		305	834	< 5	--
2004		331	782	< 5	--
2003		323	770	< 5	--
2002		375	673	< 5	--
2001		355	699	< 5	--
2000		369	661	< 5	--
1999		373	632	< 5	--
1998		433	567	< 5	--
1997		422	553	< 5	--
1996		420	557	< 5	--
1995		493	498	< 5	--
1994		662	383	< 5	--
1993		581	433	6	7,900
1992		680	378	< 5	--
1991		739	350	< 5	--
1990		861	319	8	5,990
1989		991	270	8	5,784
1988		1,040	251	12	3,976
1987		1,032	248	< 5	--
1986		990	259	7	5,481
1985		1,191	219	5	6,818
1984		1,181	221	5	6,585
1983		1,378	192	11	3,684
1982		1,529	180	11	3,756
1981		1,701	166	9	4,245
1980		2,009	144	5	6,515
1979		2,199	131	10	3,880
1978		2,461	120	15	2,826
1977		2,581	113	12	3,254
1976		3,033	93	13	2,985
1975		3,422	85	17	2,470
1974		4,356	67	22	2,005
1973		5,058	55	20	2,064
1972		6,261	45	40	1,329
1971		8,010	38	34	1,472
1970		9,968	32	35	1,423
1969		11,448	26	29	1,506
1968		12,752	24	47	1,085
1967		14,781	19	54	987
1966		17,033	12	49	1,045
1965		19,698	7	51	1,033
1964		23,810	7	51	1,060
1963		25,399	6	68	908
1962		25,730	7	71	904
1961		28,668	7	76	878
1960		34,132	5	78	861
1959		36,465	5	70	914
1958		26,949	10	54	1,041
1957		28,039	10	59	988
1956		29,856	10	63	941
1955		27,943	10	55	1,012
1954		27,428	11	45	1,115
1953		24,229	13	52	1,005
1952		23,714	13	35	1,249
1951		24,075	12	34	1,265
1950		21,629	13	37	1,190
1949		22,057	12	45	1,053
1948		22,031	11	46	1,039
1947		23,519	10	44	1,099
1946		19,769	13	54	897
1945		15,397	17	46	955
1944		15,172	17	51	889
1943		14,914	17	42	1,040
1942		12,985	20	50	936
1941		10,446	20	47	927
1940		9,231	23	47	930
1939		9,370	20	32	1,147
1938		9,694	20	33	1,133
1937		8,884	21	38	1,039
1936		7,933	22	36	1,079
1935		7,791	23	32	1,172
1934		7,868	23	36	1,104
1933		7,360	24	31	1,184
1932		7,361	29	32	1,203
1931		6,601	32	24	1,433
1930		5,979	37	21	1,612
1929		5,140	47	17	1,873
1928		4,468	61	14	2,189
1927		3,992	70	9	2,967
1926		3,008	90	8	3,206
1925		2,429	110	5	4,369
1924		2,125	131	10	2,863
1923		1,578	156	< 5	--
1922		1,349	166	< 5	--
1921		1,111	189	< 5	--
1920		959	202	< 5	--
1919		774	225	< 5	--
1918		746	233	< 5	--
1917		652	243	< 5	--
1916		606	247	< 5	--
1915		483	268	< 5	--
1914		283	310	< 5	--
1913		266	291	< 5	--
1912		227	298	< 5	--
1911		149	324	< 5	--
1910		107	378	< 5	--
1909		123	324	< 5	--
1908		98	365	< 5	--
1907		100	354	< 5	--
1906		84	368	< 5	--
1905		59	440	< 5	--
1904		61	413	< 5	--
1903		78	362	< 5	--
1902		55	416	< 5	--
1901		53	412	< 5	--
1900		81	372	< 5	--
1899		52	404	< 5	--
1898		52	427	< 5	--
1897		53	398	< 5	--
1896		40	458	< 5	--
1895		44	427	< 5	--
1894		44	419	< 5	--
1893		42	416	< 5	--
1892		43	406	< 5	--
1891		37	408	< 5	--
1890		33	449	< 5	--
1889		41	380	< 5	--
1888		37	404	< 5	--
1887		39	346	< 5	--
1886		29	402	< 5	--
1885		26	406	< 5	--
1884		22	429	< 5	--
1883		21	413	< 5	--
1882		19	420	< 5	--
1881		15	437	< 5	--
1880		17	407	< 5	--

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.