Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Don

#209 most common boys' name of all time · #448 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#209
Rank overall
#448 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
168,839
Since 2016
980
Peak year
1946 #79
Best rank
#50 1934
Girls Boys peak 4,130/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Don is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 89 89 #1,794
2024 92 92 #1,776
2023 94 94 #1,744
2022 115 115 #1,551
2021 102 102 #1,635
2020 90 90 #1,717
2019 88 88 #1,762
2018 115 115 #1,498
2017 90 90 #1,725
2016 105 105 #1,565
2015 117 117 #1,445
2014 112 112 #1,457
2013 125 125 #1,354
2012 96 96 #1,617
2011 113 113 #1,449
2010 111 111 #1,471
2009 136 136 #1,290
2008 133 133 #1,306
2007 127 127 #1,332
2006 170 170 #1,054
2005 138 138 #1,157
2004 140 140 #1,128
2003 155 155 #1,016
2002 155 155 #1,003
2001 183 183 #873
2000 193 193 #829
1999 187 187 #817
1998 207 207 #767
1997 194 194 #767
1996 233 233 #694
1995 299 299 #596
1994 231 231 #683
1993 309 309 #587
1992 5 293 298 #601
1991 353 353 #538
1990 332 332 #555
1989 393 393 #483
1988 8 454 462 #425
1987 449 449 #412
1986 467 467 #390
1985 6 473 479 #381
1984 472 472 #373
1983 6 478 484 #367
1982 552 552 #341
1981 11 653 664 #298
1980 8 598 606 #321
1979 17 654 671 #303
1978 6 587 593 #306
1977 8 732 740 #268
1976 9 718 727 #269
1975 7 766 773 #258
1974 11 798 809 #252
1973 12 893 905 #237
1972 14 977 991 #223
1971 13 1,092 1,105 #215
1970 15 1,279 1,294 #203
1969 16 1,349 1,365 #194
1968 20 1,404 1,424 #183
1967 14 1,469 1,483 #177
1966 11 1,650 1,661 #166
1965 14 1,907 1,921 #158
1964 9 2,304 2,313 #141
1963 15 2,522 2,537 #135
1962 10 2,915 2,925 #123
1961 17 3,149 3,166 #121
1960 19 3,454 3,473 #115
1959 18 3,617 3,635 #111
1958 16 3,580 3,596 #112
1957 17 3,347 3,364 #117
1956 11 2,898 2,909 #123
1955 11 2,649 2,660 #125
1954 18 2,748 2,766 #120
1953 19 2,712 2,731 #121
1952 11 2,570 2,581 #120
1951 16 2,619 2,635 #117
1950 16 2,712 2,728 #107
1949 14 3,060 3,074 #98
1948 10 3,546 3,556 #91
1947 22 4,007 4,029 #86
1946 20 4,110 4,130 #79
1945 15 3,482 3,497 #73
1944 19 3,589 3,608 #72
1943 15 3,817 3,832 #72
1942 19 3,564 3,583 #72
1941 15 3,533 3,548 #66
1940 18 3,547 3,565 #62
1939 21 3,589 3,610 #56
1938 17 3,900 3,917 #53
1937 25 3,814 3,839 #51
1936 27 3,830 3,857 #51
1935 21 3,917 3,938 #51
1934 24 3,926 3,950 #50
1933 22 3,453 3,475 #54
1932 37 3,453 3,490 #55
1931 40 3,176 3,216 #59
1930 34 2,922 2,956 #68
1929 25 2,519 2,544 #78
1928 29 2,382 2,411 #84
1927 33 2,303 2,336 #90
1926 26 1,966 1,992 #96
1925 18 1,653 1,671 #106
1924 25 1,451 1,476 #125
1923 19 1,293 1,312 #130
1922 18 1,183 1,201 #136
1921 21 1,172 1,193 #136
1920 13 1,019 1,032 #148
1919 12 956 968 #145
1918 8 931 939 #153
1917 17 757 774 #167
1916 11 744 755 #160
1915 11 747 758 #156
1914 6 521 527 #173
1913 5 388 393 #176
1912 10 332 342 #177
1911 167 167 #185
1910 140 140 #191
1909 6 110 116 #197
1908 107 107 #193
1907 5 81 86 #228
1906 87 87 #204
1905 85 85 #207
1904 75 75 #214
1903 64 64 #228
1902 79 79 #200
1901 48 48 #250
1900 81 81 #220
1899 65 65 #204
1898 49 49 #253
1897 49 49 #251
1896 66 66 #221
1895 78 78 #191
1894 72 72 #203
1893 64 64 #214
1892 68 68 #216
1891 48 48 #233
1890 61 61 #213
1889 62 62 #207
1888 50 50 #249
1887 39 39 #258
1886 61 61 #218
1885 35 35 #282
1884 47 47 #252
1883 54 54 #204
1882 46 46 #255
1881 26 26 #319
1880 34 34 #284