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Donny Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Donny?

In 2018 the rare name Donny, ranked the 3,989th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

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

Position 377, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1976.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1977 with 426 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Donny was less than 5, most recently in 1926.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Donny occurred roughly during the years 1928-1949, 1956-1959, and 1970-1976, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1977-1985, 1989-1997, 2006-2009, and 2014-2017.

The popularity trend for Donny has steadily decreased for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Donny for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Donny?

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

The name Donny is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Donny has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Donny (Girl)Donny (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 26 3,989
2017 < 5 -- 28 3,791
2016 < 5 -- 36 3,172
2015 < 5 -- 39 2,980
2014 < 5 -- 42 2,817
2013 < 5 -- 42 2,777
2012 < 5 -- 39 2,968
2011 < 5 -- 35 3,184
2010 < 5 -- 35 3,189
2009 < 5 -- 29 3,656
2008 < 5 -- 59 2,242
2007 < 5 -- 61 2,194
2006 < 5 -- 58 2,208
2005 < 5 -- 49 2,377
2004 < 5 -- 56 2,105
2003 < 5 -- 49 2,213
2002 < 5 -- 69 1,693
2001 < 5 -- 72 1,633
2000 < 5 -- 74 1,589
1999 < 5 -- 68 1,594
1998 < 5 -- 53 1,853
1997 < 5 -- 40 2,179
1996 < 5 -- 57 1,676
1995 < 5 -- 59 1,578
1994 < 5 -- 57 1,616
1993 < 5 -- 70 1,385
1992 < 5 -- 77 1,291
1991 < 5 -- 90 1,164
1990 < 5 -- 115 980
1989 < 5 -- 98 1,048
1988 < 5 -- 100 963
1987 < 5 -- 105 922
1986 < 5 -- 102 904
1985 < 5 -- 113 845
1984 < 5 -- 131 755
1983 < 5 -- 147 706
1982 < 5 -- 202 602
1981 6 9,409 230 565
1980 < 5 -- 257 536
1979 < 5 -- 259 525
1978 5 10,173 302 462
1977 6 8,734 426 378
1976 < 5 -- 414 377
1975 < 5 -- 251 505
1974 < 5 -- 232 517
1973 6 7,676 269 480
1972 < 5 -- 236 513
1971 < 5 -- 222 536
1970 < 5 -- 150 668
1969 5 7,771 165 609
1968 < 5 -- 177 569
1967 < 5 -- 192 539
1966 < 5 -- 195 548
1965 < 5 -- 181 570
1964 < 5 -- 287 467
1963 < 5 -- 269 486
1962 < 5 -- 299 461
1961 < 5 -- 312 455
1960 < 5 -- 358 421
1959 < 5 -- 348 428
1958 5 6,340 285 463
1957 7 5,030 271 470
1956 < 5 -- 224 505
1955 < 5 -- 281 440
1954 < 5 -- 279 435
1953 < 5 -- 249 453
1952 < 5 -- 237 458
1951 < 5 -- 222 454
1950 < 5 -- 211 454
1949 < 5 -- 239 433
1948 < 5 -- 216 453
1947 < 5 -- 192 484
1946 < 5 -- 165 504
1945 < 5 -- 112 572
1944 < 5 -- 130 532
1943 < 5 -- 111 599
1942 < 5 -- 95 663
1941 < 5 -- 79 691
1940 < 5 -- 74 702
1939 < 5 -- 68 726
1938 < 5 -- 63 771
1937 < 5 -- 49 882
1936 < 5 -- 38 1,032
1935 < 5 -- 37 1,062
1934 < 5 -- 36 1,105
1933 < 5 -- 28 1,256
1932 < 5 -- 23 1,480
1931 < 5 -- 18 1,717
1930 < 5 -- 16 1,909
1929 < 5 -- 6 3,662
1928 < 5 -- 5 4,301
1927 < 5 -- 7 3,545
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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.