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.

Donavin

#2,857 most common boys' name of all time · #6,887 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1964–2025

Rank among boys
#2,857
Rank overall
#6,887 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
2,343
Since 2016
204
Peak year
2005 #1,115
Best rank
#1,065 2003
Girls Boys peak 148/yr
198020002020

Donavin first appears in 1964. 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
2025 — 8 8 #9,071
2023 — 14 14 #6,294
2022 — 20 20 #4,894
2021 — 15 15 #5,836
2020 — 27 27 #3,841
2019 — 18 18 #5,201
2018 — 27 27 #3,927
2017 — 33 33 #3,398
2016 — 42 42 #2,858
2015 — 36 36 #3,179
2014 — 35 35 #3,185
2013 — 50 50 #2,480
2012 — 53 53 #2,396
2011 — 65 65 #2,062
2010 — 83 83 #1,787
2009 — 94 94 #1,678
2008 — 122 122 #1,394
2007 — 124 124 #1,353
2006 — 117 117 #1,378
2005 — 148 148 #1,115
2004 — 128 128 #1,198
2003 — 146 146 #1,065
2002 — 117 117 #1,195
2001 — 90 90 #1,395
2000 — 86 86 #1,438
1999 — 64 64 #1,660
1998 — 63 63 #1,657
1997 — 56 56 #1,742
1996 — 59 59 #1,647
1995 — 42 42 #2,009
1994 — 33 33 #2,372
1993 — 51 51 #1,713
1992 — 39 39 #2,028
1991 — 29 29 #2,443
1990 — 16 16 #3,693
1989 — 19 19 #3,152
1988 — 12 12 #4,028
1987 — 12 12 #3,848
1986 — 9 9 #4,664
1985 — 13 13 #3,532
1984 — 8 8 #4,756
1983 — 9 9 #4,363
1982 — 8 8 #4,825
1981 — 13 13 #3,340
1980 — 12 12 #3,554
1979 — 8 8 #4,654
1978 — 8 8 #4,394
1977 — 7 7 #4,880
1976 — 8 8 #4,272
1975 — 7 7 #4,625
1974 — 7 7 #4,484
1973 — 7 7 #4,354
1972 — 5 5 #5,454
1971 — 8 8 #3,897
1969 — 7 7 #3,888
1964 — 6 6 #4,019