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.

Donella

#4,754 most common girls' name of all time · #8,070 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1910–2025

Rank among girls
#4,754
Rank overall
#8,070 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
1,823
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1952 #1,360
Best rank
#1,343 1950
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
192019401960198020002020

Donella first appears in 1910. 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 5 — 5 #15,055
2018 6 — 6 #13,897
2008 6 — 6 #15,516
1998 5 — 5 #14,267
1996 7 — 7 #10,659
1995 6 — 6 #11,892
1994 8 — 8 #9,649
1992 13 — 13 #6,706
1991 17 — 17 #5,430
1990 13 — 13 #6,505
1989 12 — 12 #6,578
1988 16 — 16 #5,112
1987 19 — 19 #4,324
1986 21 — 21 #3,913
1985 11 — 11 #6,095
1984 23 — 23 #3,544
1983 19 — 19 #3,989
1982 21 — 21 #3,803
1981 21 — 21 #3,771
1980 20 — 20 #3,880
1979 25 — 25 #3,260
1978 23 — 23 #3,305
1977 27 — 27 #2,926
1976 17 — 17 #3,847
1975 21 — 21 #3,292
1974 43 — 43 #1,971
1973 42 — 42 #1,957
1972 43 — 43 #1,925
1971 41 — 41 #2,046
1970 51 — 51 #1,766
1969 48 — 48 #1,766
1968 40 — 40 #1,892
1967 42 — 42 #1,796
1966 22 — 22 #2,610
1965 19 — 19 #2,865
1964 18 — 18 #3,032
1963 36 — 36 #1,960
1962 27 — 27 #2,329
1961 26 — 26 #2,379
1960 27 — 27 #2,270
1959 32 — 32 #2,000
1958 14 — 14 #3,288
1957 28 — 28 #2,090
1956 24 — 24 #2,275
1955 25 — 25 #2,184
1954 31 — 31 #1,886
1953 31 — 31 #1,811
1952 51 — 51 #1,360
1951 29 — 29 #1,823
1950 47 — 47 #1,343
1949 41 — 41 #1,444
1948 29 — 29 #1,761
1947 30 — 30 #1,769
1946 31 — 31 #1,603
1945 19 — 19 #1,969
1944 23 — 23 #1,782
1943 19 — 19 #2,046
1942 17 — 17 #2,165
1941 18 — 18 #1,991
1940 17 — 17 #2,005
1939 13 — 13 #2,371
1938 16 — 16 #2,076
1937 17 — 17 #1,969
1936 13 — 13 #2,347
1935 13 — 13 #2,389
1934 10 — 10 #2,839
1933 13 — 13 #2,351
1932 14 — 14 #2,325
1931 19 — 19 #1,856
1930 18 — 18 #2,000
1929 14 — 14 #2,394
1928 14 — 14 #2,460
1927 18 — 18 #2,152
1926 12 — 12 #2,802
1925 21 — 21 #1,932
1924 15 — 15 #2,485
1923 15 — 15 #2,446
1922 23 — 23 #1,828
1921 20 — 20 #2,042
1920 9 — 9 #3,476
1919 10 — 10 #3,138
1918 5 — 5 #5,032
1917 8 — 8 #3,529
1916 8 — 8 #3,432
1915 12 — 12 #2,495
1914 5 — 5 #3,884
1910 5 — 5 #2,726