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.

Donahue

#18,684 most common boys' name of all time · #48,997 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–1992

Rank among boys
#18,684
Rank overall
#48,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
59
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1963 #2,857
Best rank
#2,857 1963
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1980

Donahue first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1992 — 5 5 #8,831
1989 — 5 5 #8,334
1978 — 5 5 #6,232
1976 — 5 5 #6,025
1973 — 6 6 #4,863
1972 — 7 7 #4,274
1970 — 6 6 #4,578
1969 — 5 5 #4,858
1963 — 10 10 #2,857
1962 — 5 5 #4,587