Donavan
#1,305 most common boys' name of all time · #3,132 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1919–2025
Rank among boys
#1,305
Rank overall
#3,132 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
8,305
Since 2016
574
Peak year
2002 #678
Best rank
#661 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 270/yr
Donavan first appears in 1919. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,428 |
| 2024 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,234 |
| 2023 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,448 |
| 2022 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,162 |
| 2021 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,747 |
| 2020 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,482 |
| 2019 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,863 |
| 2018 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,923 |
| 2017 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,683 |
| 2016 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,925 |
| 2015 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,663 |
| 2014 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,718 |
| 2013 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,511 |
| 2012 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,378 |
| 2011 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,378 |
| 2010 | — | 172 | 172 | #1,111 |
| 2009 | — | 190 | 190 | #1,025 |
| 2008 | — | 208 | 208 | #964 |
| 2007 | — | 218 | 218 | #909 |
| 2006 | — | 251 | 251 | #814 |
| 2005 | — | 269 | 269 | #748 |
| 2004 | — | 258 | 258 | #733 |
| 2003 | — | 266 | 266 | #708 |
| 2002 | — | 270 | 270 | #678 |
| 2001 | — | 267 | 267 | #680 |
| 2000 | — | 233 | 233 | #736 |
| 1999 | — | 262 | 262 | #661 |
| 1998 | — | 244 | 244 | #689 |
| 1997 | 5 | 238 | 243 | #681 |
| 1996 | — | 193 | 193 | #766 |
| 1995 | — | 172 | 172 | #818 |
| 1994 | — | 205 | 205 | #735 |
| 1993 | — | 203 | 203 | #732 |
| 1992 | — | 214 | 214 | #703 |
| 1991 | — | 224 | 224 | #677 |
| 1990 | — | 160 | 160 | #802 |
| 1989 | — | 169 | 169 | #761 |
| 1988 | — | 121 | 121 | #864 |
| 1987 | — | 122 | 122 | #847 |
| 1986 | — | 108 | 108 | #876 |
| 1985 | — | 98 | 98 | #919 |
| 1984 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,079 |
| 1983 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,136 |
| 1982 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,370 |
| 1981 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,119 |
| 1980 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,046 |
| 1979 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,148 |
| 1978 | — | 78 | 78 | #979 |
| 1977 | — | 84 | 84 | #930 |
| 1976 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,015 |
| 1975 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,026 |
| 1974 | — | 71 | 71 | #973 |
| 1973 | — | 68 | 68 | #982 |
| 1972 | — | 89 | 89 | #854 |
| 1971 | — | 75 | 75 | #946 |
| 1970 | — | 85 | 85 | #880 |
| 1969 | — | 92 | 92 | #806 |
| 1968 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,333 |
| 1967 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,059 |
| 1966 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,570 |
| 1965 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,549 |
| 1964 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,641 |
| 1963 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,735 |
| 1962 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,793 |
| 1961 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1960 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,282 |
| 1959 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1958 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1957 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,350 |
| 1956 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,666 |
| 1955 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1954 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1953 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,174 |
| 1952 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,143 |
| 1951 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,767 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,994 |
| 1949 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,577 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,585 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 1946 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,124 |
| 1945 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,000 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,922 |
| 1942 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,853 |
| 1940 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,174 |
| 1939 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,875 |
| 1938 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,081 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,132 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,834 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,521 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,550 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,237 |
| 1932 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 1931 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,767 |
| 1930 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,773 |
| 1929 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,928 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,103 |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,928 |
| 1924 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,817 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,781 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,508 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,811 |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,203 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,111 |