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Donavon

#1,675 most common boys' name of all time · #4,052 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#1,675
Rank overall
#4,052 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
5,349
Since 2016
222
Peak year
2000 #968
Best rank
#915 1988
Girls Boys peak 156/yr
192019401960198020002020

Donavon first appears in 1915. 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 16 16 #5,637
2024 10 10 #7,825
2023 29 29 #3,815
2022 18 18 #5,246
2021 19 19 #4,958
2020 16 16 #5,485
2019 26 26 #4,030
2018 30 30 #3,628
2017 23 23 #4,346
2016 35 35 #3,245
2015 36 36 #3,162
2014 46 46 #2,631
2013 47 47 #2,565
2012 45 45 #2,685
2011 58 58 #2,237
2010 72 72 #1,944
2009 92 92 #1,699
2008 104 104 #1,546
2007 119 119 #1,382
2006 117 117 #1,375
2005 123 123 #1,269
2004 120 120 #1,258
2003 144 144 #1,078
2002 149 149 #1,030
2001 147 147 #1,015
2000 156 156 #968
1999 146 146 #980
1998 128 128 #1,053
1997 132 132 #983
1996 119 119 #1,034
1995 105 105 #1,114
1994 114 114 #1,043
1993 124 124 #970
1992 118 118 #1,000
1991 108 108 #1,041
1990 94 94 #1,106
1989 85 85 #1,152
1988 109 109 #915
1987 67 67 #1,177
1986 56 56 #1,308
1985 54 54 #1,308
1984 36 36 #1,643
1983 34 34 #1,701
1982 32 32 #1,794
1981 41 41 #1,511
1980 56 56 #1,231
1979 42 42 #1,444
1978 44 44 #1,400
1977 57 57 #1,170
1976 43 43 #1,362
1975 37 37 #1,467
1974 49 49 #1,191
1973 58 58 #1,073
1972 69 69 #980
1971 79 79 #918
1970 49 49 #1,186
1969 57 57 #1,025
1968 38 38 #1,243
1967 34 34 #1,303
1966 39 39 #1,210
1965 22 22 #1,707
1964 18 18 #1,947
1963 23 23 #1,677
1962 23 23 #1,701
1961 29 29 #1,513
1960 24 24 #1,681
1959 29 29 #1,490
1958 18 18 #1,938
1957 16 16 #2,070
1956 29 29 #1,473
1955 20 20 #1,773
1954 17 17 #1,935
1953 16 16 #2,017
1952 12 12 #2,340
1951 16 16 #1,958
1950 25 25 #1,490
1949 28 28 #1,405
1948 35 35 #1,229
1947 30 30 #1,361
1946 13 13 #2,115
1945 14 14 #1,917
1944 33 33 #1,170
1943 12 12 #2,258
1942 20 20 #1,622
1941 22 22 #1,483
1940 36 36 #1,106
1939 19 19 #1,575
1938 36 36 #1,093
1937 29 29 #1,262
1936 37 37 #1,067
1935 33 33 #1,163
1934 28 28 #1,292
1933 27 27 #1,309
1932 23 23 #1,503
1931 33 33 #1,216
1930 35 35 #1,214
1929 31 31 #1,295
1928 20 20 #1,759
1927 25 25 #1,560
1926 11 11 #2,703
1925 13 13 #2,425
1924 17 17 #2,036
1923 17 17 #2,017
1922 17 17 #2,033
1921 17 17 #2,058
1920 10 10 #2,941
1919 7 7 #3,643
1918 10 10 #2,862
1917 9 9 #2,924
1916 8 8 #3,133
1915 7 7 #3,334