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.

Donald

#16 most common boys' name of all time · #22 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#16
Rank overall
#22 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,420,387
Since 2016
4,821
Peak year
1934 #6
Best rank
#6 1934
Girls Boys peak 30,518/yr
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Donald 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 — 395 395 #690
2024 — 408 408 #673
2023 — 415 415 #659
2022 — 403 403 #676
2021 — 468 468 #596
2020 — 450 450 #608
2019 — 513 513 #549
2018 — 541 541 #524
2017 — 603 603 #486
2016 — 625 625 #489
2015 — 696 696 #440
2014 — 738 738 #419
2013 — 711 711 #415
2012 — 729 729 #400
2011 — 788 788 #377
2010 — 765 765 #377
2009 — 839 839 #363
2008 — 992 992 #332
2007 — 999 999 #321
2006 — 1,098 1,098 #303
2005 — 1,150 1,150 #289
2004 8 1,251 1,259 #263
2003 — 1,308 1,308 #253
2002 — 1,289 1,289 #252
2001 — 1,470 1,470 #231
2000 — 1,609 1,609 #217
1999 — 1,747 1,747 #192
1998 — 1,862 1,862 #180
1997 9 1,970 1,979 #173
1996 7 2,184 2,191 #158
1995 8 2,252 2,260 #155
1994 5 2,652 2,657 #132
1993 12 2,996 3,008 #118
1992 — 3,266 3,266 #110
1991 9 3,650 3,659 #102
1990 11 4,177 4,188 #87
1989 18 4,323 4,341 #82
1988 36 4,328 4,364 #76
1987 42 4,501 4,543 #70
1986 34 4,661 4,695 #71
1985 37 4,750 4,787 #66
1984 36 5,062 5,098 #63
1983 47 5,327 5,374 #60
1982 46 5,712 5,758 #58
1981 40 5,910 5,950 #56
1980 46 6,269 6,315 #53
1979 63 6,508 6,571 #51
1978 38 6,423 6,461 #48
1977 35 6,866 6,901 #46
1976 59 6,792 6,851 #47
1975 57 7,197 7,254 #42
1974 47 7,758 7,805 #41
1973 75 8,361 8,436 #38
1972 77 9,261 9,338 #36
1971 67 10,872 10,939 #34
1970 64 12,397 12,461 #30
1969 77 12,775 12,852 #30
1968 73 13,362 13,435 #29
1967 84 14,226 14,310 #27
1966 82 14,713 14,795 #27
1965 61 16,033 16,094 #26
1964 68 18,045 18,113 #25
1963 84 18,896 18,980 #25
1962 70 20,425 20,495 #23
1961 76 21,409 21,485 #22
1960 87 22,744 22,831 #19
1959 88 23,876 23,964 #19
1958 94 25,015 25,109 #18
1957 92 27,910 28,002 #15
1956 85 28,223 28,308 #14
1955 69 27,726 27,795 #14
1954 66 29,279 29,345 #14
1953 69 28,361 28,430 #14
1952 72 28,269 28,341 #13
1951 65 27,916 27,981 #15
1950 51 26,999 27,050 #14
1949 68 27,121 27,189 #13
1948 48 26,442 26,490 #14
1947 63 28,260 28,323 #13
1946 72 26,273 26,345 #13
1945 47 22,138 22,185 #12
1944 60 23,468 23,528 #11
1943 69 24,421 24,490 #11
1942 76 23,955 24,031 #10
1941 63 22,641 22,704 #10
1940 84 23,115 23,199 #9
1939 83 24,056 24,139 #8
1938 79 26,677 26,756 #7
1937 81 27,868 27,949 #7
1936 88 28,639 28,727 #7
1935 112 29,674 29,786 #7
1934 110 30,408 30,518 #6
1933 133 28,450 28,583 #7
1932 125 29,794 29,919 #7
1931 160 29,100 29,260 #7
1930 175 29,052 29,227 #7
1929 170 27,181 27,351 #7
1928 170 25,704 25,874 #7
1927 144 23,834 23,978 #8
1926 133 20,912 21,045 #9
1925 105 19,193 19,298 #10
1924 85 17,929 18,014 #10
1923 53 16,433 16,486 #10
1922 56 14,913 14,969 #12
1921 57 13,776 13,833 #13
1920 46 11,941 11,987 #16
1919 42 9,904 9,946 #17
1918 38 9,972 10,010 #18
1917 29 8,729 8,758 #20
1916 22 7,736 7,758 #20
1915 20 7,116 7,136 #20
1914 19 4,835 4,854 #23
1913 14 3,702 3,716 #25
1912 7 2,872 2,879 #27
1911 — 1,275 1,275 #36
1910 6 860 866 #44
1909 — 725 725 #42
1908 — 664 664 #45
1907 — 616 616 #45
1906 — 486 486 #51
1905 — 425 425 #59
1904 — 413 413 #58
1903 — 359 359 #60
1902 — 366 366 #63
1901 — 250 250 #77
1900 — 328 328 #79
1899 — 258 258 #76
1898 — 238 238 #88
1897 — 195 195 #93
1896 — 211 211 #94
1895 — 203 203 #96
1894 — 169 169 #106
1893 — 166 166 #106
1892 — 137 137 #125
1891 — 100 100 #136
1890 5 109 114 #132
1889 — 75 75 #181
1888 — 77 77 #195
1887 — 60 60 #199
1886 — 57 57 #225
1885 — 47 47 #242
1884 — 59 59 #216
1883 — 52 52 #210
1882 — 48 48 #243
1881 — 27 27 #314
1880 — 46 46 #246