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.

Donelda

#10,429 most common girls' name of all time · #17,315 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1912–1972

Rank among girls
#10,429
Rank overall
#17,315 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
549
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1932 #1,938
Best rank
#1,846 1936
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
192019401960

Donelda first appears in 1912. 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
1972 5 — 5 #8,467
1970 5 — 5 #8,186
1969 6 — 6 #6,774
1966 6 — 6 #5,971
1964 7 — 7 #5,584
1963 6 — 6 #6,065
1961 8 — 8 #4,997
1960 8 — 8 #4,911
1959 7 — 7 #5,185
1958 6 — 6 #5,588
1957 10 — 10 #4,015
1956 6 — 6 #5,493
1955 7 — 7 #4,875
1954 6 — 6 #5,323
1953 9 — 9 #4,052
1952 7 — 7 #4,619
1951 7 — 7 #4,533
1950 12 — 12 #3,146
1949 7 — 7 #4,383
1948 12 — 12 #3,059
1947 7 — 7 #4,480
1946 9 — 9 #3,534
1945 9 — 9 #3,252
1944 13 — 13 #2,581
1943 13 — 13 #2,637
1942 11 — 11 #2,922
1941 10 — 10 #2,947
1940 14 — 14 #2,257
1939 12 — 12 #2,529
1938 15 — 15 #2,200
1937 12 — 12 #2,526
1936 18 — 18 #1,846
1935 15 — 15 #2,175
1934 14 — 14 #2,268
1933 13 — 13 #2,359
1932 18 — 18 #1,938
1931 16 — 16 #2,087
1930 14 — 14 #2,392
1929 13 — 13 #2,553
1928 11 — 11 #2,888
1927 17 — 17 #2,237
1926 13 — 13 #2,675
1925 12 — 12 #2,892
1924 13 — 13 #2,766
1923 12 — 12 #2,856
1922 10 — 10 #3,298
1921 9 — 9 #3,558
1920 10 — 10 #3,258
1919 7 — 7 #4,032
1918 10 — 10 #3,190
1917 8 — 8 #3,566
1916 6 — 6 #4,153
1915 8 — 8 #3,341
1913 5 — 5 #3,512
1912 5 — 5 #3,329