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.

Donley

#6,788 most common boys' name of all time · #17,044 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1909–1994

Rank among boys
#6,788
Rank overall
#17,044 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
564
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1934 #1,537
Best rank
#1,537 1934
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
1920194019601980

Donley first appears in 1909. 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
1994 — 5 5 #8,896
1984 — 5 5 #6,424
1983 — 5 5 #6,381
1979 — 5 5 #6,192
1975 — 5 5 #5,596
1970 — 5 5 #4,864
1966 — 5 5 #4,079
1964 — 5 5 #4,166
1963 — 5 5 #4,185
1962 — 9 9 #2,918
1961 — 10 10 #2,779
1959 — 8 8 #3,120
1958 — 7 7 #3,374
1957 — 7 7 #3,347
1956 — 5 5 #4,065
1955 — 11 11 #2,495
1954 — 5 5 #3,959
1953 — 14 14 #2,152
1952 — 8 8 #2,970
1951 — 15 15 #2,031
1950 — 10 10 #2,514
1949 — 14 14 #2,079
1948 — 12 12 #2,273
1947 — 8 8 #2,965
1946 — 13 13 #2,087
1945 — 9 9 #2,480
1944 — 14 14 #1,948
1943 — 11 11 #2,341
1942 — 8 8 #2,819
1941 — 12 12 #2,152
1940 — 15 15 #1,862
1939 — 9 9 #2,525
1938 — 17 17 #1,728
1937 — 17 17 #1,738
1936 — 17 17 #1,689
1935 — 10 10 #2,459
1934 — 21 21 #1,537
1933 — 16 16 #1,811
1932 — 14 14 #2,060
1931 — 12 12 #2,275
1930 — 13 13 #2,250
1929 — 12 12 #2,386
1928 — 11 11 #2,576
1927 — 10 10 #2,792
1926 — 6 6 #3,839
1925 — 9 9 #3,022
1924 — 12 12 #2,552
1923 — 13 13 #2,388
1922 — 14 14 #2,298
1921 — 10 10 #2,889
1920 — 10 10 #2,849
1919 — 6 6 #3,842
1918 — 14 14 #2,222
1917 — 6 6 #3,655
1913 — 5 5 #2,988
1912 — 5 5 #2,696
1909 — 5 5 #1,656