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.

Donal

#2,141 most common boys' name of all time · #5,122 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1909–2023

Rank among boys
#2,141
Rank overall
#5,122 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
3,712
Since 2016
35
Peak year
1930 #624
Best rank
#601 1931
Girls Boys peak 98/yr
192019401960198020002020

Donal first appears in 1909. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,342
2021 — 5 5 #12,258
2020 — 5 5 #12,116
2019 — 9 9 #8,257
2018 — 6 6 #10,820
2016 — 5 5 #12,279
2015 — 7 7 #9,637
2014 — 5 5 #12,212
2011 — 6 6 #10,899
2010 — 5 5 #12,329
2008 — 7 7 #9,940
2007 — 6 6 #10,987
2006 — 8 8 #8,788
2005 — 12 12 #6,258
2004 — 7 7 #9,009
2003 — 9 9 #7,292
2002 — 10 10 #6,568
2001 — 9 9 #6,988
2000 — 11 11 #5,968
1999 — 11 11 #5,695
1998 — 15 15 #4,437
1997 — 14 14 #4,478
1996 — 16 16 #4,049
1995 — 11 11 #5,169
1994 — 9 9 #5,925
1993 — 16 16 #3,848
1992 — 9 9 #5,709
1991 — 18 18 #3,352
1990 — 17 17 #3,494
1989 — 16 16 #3,489
1988 — 24 24 #2,457
1987 — 9 9 #4,644
1986 — 21 21 #2,535
1985 — 13 13 #3,443
1984 — 19 19 #2,552
1983 — 20 20 #2,432
1982 — 13 13 #3,323
1981 — 14 14 #3,077
1980 — 17 17 #2,760
1979 — 27 27 #1,960
1978 — 25 25 #1,980
1977 — 12 12 #3,246
1976 — 21 21 #2,196
1975 — 20 20 #2,234
1974 — 22 22 #2,002
1973 — 14 14 #2,634
1972 — 24 24 #1,845
1971 — 32 32 #1,547
1970 — 25 25 #1,769
1969 — 23 23 #1,743
1968 5 33 38 #1,351
1967 — 31 31 #1,378
1966 — 34 34 #1,313
1965 — 39 39 #1,229
1964 — 30 30 #1,451
1963 — 56 56 #1,016
1962 — 41 41 #1,222
1961 — 46 46 #1,171
1960 — 46 46 #1,160
1959 — 51 51 #1,088
1958 — 42 42 #1,197
1957 — 46 46 #1,143
1956 — 52 52 #1,052
1955 — 44 44 #1,131
1954 — 44 44 #1,131
1953 — 45 45 #1,099
1952 — 53 53 #992
1951 — 50 50 #1,002
1950 — 43 43 #1,082
1949 — 60 60 #897
1948 — 52 52 #970
1947 — 50 50 #1,025
1946 — 48 48 #977
1945 — 40 40 #1,014
1944 — 45 45 #972
1943 — 39 39 #1,102
1942 — 56 56 #885
1941 — 61 61 #815
1940 — 52 52 #880
1939 — 60 60 #793
1938 — 63 63 #774
1937 — 68 68 #740
1936 — 82 82 #643
1935 — 83 83 #655
1934 — 80 80 #681
1933 — 78 78 #667
1932 — 88 88 #650
1931 — 97 97 #601
1930 — 98 98 #624
1929 — 80 80 #694
1928 — 87 87 #682
1927 — 83 83 #715
1926 — 58 58 #889
1925 — 70 70 #792
1924 — 78 78 #758
1923 — 84 84 #710
1922 — 89 89 #696
1921 — 67 67 #847
1920 — 38 38 #1,178
1919 — 34 34 #1,228
1918 — 20 20 #1,754
1917 — 23 23 #1,521
1916 — 21 21 #1,588
1915 — 23 23 #1,446
1914 — 19 19 #1,433
1913 — 13 13 #1,569
1910 — 5 5 #1,792
1909 — 5 5 #1,655