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.

Donette

#6,655 most common girls' name of all time · #11,196 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1935–1988

Rank among girls
#6,655
Rank overall
#11,196 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,091
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1962 #1,553
Best rank
#1,553 1962
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
194019601980

Donette first appears in 1935. 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
1988 5 — 5 #12,166
1986 10 — 10 #6,734
1982 11 — 11 #6,035
1981 10 — 10 #6,439
1980 11 — 11 #6,038
1979 8 — 8 #7,483
1978 10 — 10 #6,107
1977 21 — 21 #3,534
1976 21 — 21 #3,336
1975 24 — 24 #3,005
1974 19 — 19 #3,488
1973 17 — 17 #3,696
1972 21 — 21 #3,119
1971 44 — 44 #1,954
1970 38 — 38 #2,137
1969 31 — 31 #2,330
1968 35 — 35 #2,040
1967 42 — 42 #1,811
1966 42 — 42 #1,755
1965 31 — 31 #2,132
1964 47 — 47 #1,703
1963 39 — 39 #1,883
1962 53 — 53 #1,553
1961 41 — 41 #1,802
1960 40 — 40 #1,805
1959 34 — 34 #1,940
1958 32 — 32 #1,973
1957 37 — 37 #1,802
1956 35 — 35 #1,827
1955 35 — 35 #1,795
1954 17 — 17 #2,759
1953 29 — 29 #1,919
1952 24 — 24 #2,108
1951 16 — 16 #2,665
1950 22 — 22 #2,108
1949 12 — 12 #3,138
1948 19 — 19 #2,317
1947 28 — 28 #1,857
1946 8 — 8 #3,924
1945 12 — 12 #2,722
1944 9 — 9 #3,348
1943 14 — 14 #2,554
1942 7 — 7 #4,065
1941 6 — 6 #4,354
1940 5 — 5 #4,916
1939 7 — 7 #3,752
1937 7 — 7 #3,777
1935 5 — 5 #4,837