Donell*
#1,662 most common boys' name of all time · #4,021 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1915–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,662
Rank overall
#4,021 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
5,418
Since 2016
121
Peak year
1959 #772
Best rank
#769 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 110/yr
Donell 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,496 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,081 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,939 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,076 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2020 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,322 |
| 2019 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,845 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,349 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,831 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,216 |
| 2015 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,099 |
| 2014 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,798 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,493 |
| 2012 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,121 |
| 2010 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2009 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,055 |
| 2008 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2006 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,520 |
| 2005 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,302 |
| 2004 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,660 |
| 2003 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,939 |
| 2002 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,192 |
| 2000 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,682 |
| 1999 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,206 |
| 1998 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,244 |
| 1997 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,896 |
| 1996 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,271 |
| 1995 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,114 |
| 1994 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,721 |
| 1993 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,646 |
| 1992 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,454 |
| 1991 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,402 |
| 1990 | 6 | 74 | 80 | #1,289 |
| 1989 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,416 |
| 1988 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,297 |
| 1987 | 7 | 63 | 70 | #1,222 |
| 1986 | 11 | 68 | 79 | #1,148 |
| 1985 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,015 |
| 1984 | 12 | 67 | 79 | #1,105 |
| 1983 | 11 | 77 | 88 | #1,010 |
| 1982 | 9 | 74 | 83 | #1,059 |
| 1981 | 14 | 81 | 95 | #1,012 |
| 1980 | 12 | 81 | 93 | #1,006 |
| 1979 | 13 | 83 | 96 | #974 |
| 1978 | 20 | 81 | 101 | #966 |
| 1977 | 14 | 94 | 108 | #874 |
| 1976 | 10 | 87 | 97 | #890 |
| 1975 | 15 | 80 | 95 | #920 |
| 1974 | 13 | 83 | 96 | #888 |
| 1973 | 13 | 79 | 92 | #900 |
| 1972 | 16 | 89 | 105 | #853 |
| 1971 | 17 | 72 | 89 | #962 |
| 1970 | 16 | 64 | 80 | #1,018 |
| 1969 | 19 | 67 | 86 | #941 |
| 1968 | 24 | 78 | 102 | #831 |
| 1967 | 17 | 64 | 81 | #909 |
| 1966 | 19 | 71 | 90 | #868 |
| 1965 | 16 | 78 | 94 | #835 |
| 1964 | 13 | 80 | 93 | #852 |
| 1963 | 16 | 68 | 84 | #908 |
| 1962 | 23 | 69 | 92 | #916 |
| 1961 | 17 | 61 | 78 | #999 |
| 1960 | 16 | 88 | 104 | #817 |
| 1959 | 11 | 99 | 110 | #772 |
| 1958 | 14 | 69 | 83 | #913 |
| 1957 | 13 | 89 | 102 | #797 |
| 1956 | 15 | 93 | 108 | #769 |
| 1955 | 17 | 77 | 94 | #842 |
| 1954 | 16 | 74 | 90 | #849 |
| 1953 | 9 | 74 | 83 | #837 |
| 1952 | 12 | 72 | 84 | #829 |
| 1951 | 12 | 58 | 70 | #927 |
| 1950 | 8 | 47 | 55 | #1,034 |
| 1949 | 10 | 51 | 61 | #983 |
| 1948 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,292 |
| 1947 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,231 |
| 1946 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,296 |
| 1945 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1944 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,479 |
| 1943 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,063 |
| 1942 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #2,241 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,369 |
| 1940 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,248 |
| 1939 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 1938 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,395 |
| 1937 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,905 |
| 1936 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,052 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 1934 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,211 |
| 1933 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,198 |
| 1932 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,545 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,834 |
| 1930 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,169 |
| 1929 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,085 |
| 1928 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,808 |
| 1927 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,286 |
| 1926 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,908 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,112 |
| 1924 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,621 |
| 1923 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,119 |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,613 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,399 |
| 1917 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,163 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,237 |
| 1915 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,042 |