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.

Donna

#23 most common girls' name of all time · #60 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#23
Rank overall
#60 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
833,874
Since 2016
1,140
Peak year
1959 #5
Best rank
#5 1959
Girls Boys peak 36,539/yr
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Donna is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 98 — 98 #1,963
2024 103 — 103 #1,925
2023 99 — 99 #1,984
2022 101 — 101 #1,954
2021 105 — 105 #1,885
2020 137 — 137 #1,545
2019 116 — 116 #1,764
2018 139 — 139 #1,555
2017 124 — 124 #1,716
2016 118 — 118 #1,759
2015 160 — 160 #1,438
2014 163 — 163 #1,404
2013 176 — 176 #1,328
2012 188 — 188 #1,274
2011 199 — 199 #1,205
2010 258 — 258 #983
2009 262 — 262 #1,007
2008 278 — 278 #962
2007 261 — 261 #1,016
2006 325 — 325 #830
2005 305 — 305 #834
2004 331 — 331 #782
2003 323 — 323 #769
2002 376 — 376 #672
2001 355 — 355 #699
2000 370 — 370 #659
1999 373 — 373 #632
1998 433 — 433 #567
1997 422 — 422 #554
1996 420 — 420 #557
1995 492 — 492 #498
1994 662 — 662 #382
1993 581 6 587 #433
1992 679 — 679 #380
1991 739 — 739 #350
1990 861 8 869 #319
1989 992 8 1,000 #270
1988 1,040 12 1,052 #251
1987 1,031 — 1,031 #249
1986 992 7 999 #259
1985 1,191 5 1,196 #219
1984 1,181 5 1,186 #221
1983 1,378 11 1,389 #192
1982 1,530 11 1,541 #179
1981 1,700 9 1,709 #167
1980 2,009 5 2,014 #144
1979 2,198 10 2,208 #131
1978 2,459 15 2,474 #120
1977 2,581 12 2,593 #113
1976 3,032 13 3,045 #93
1975 3,422 17 3,439 #85
1974 4,354 22 4,376 #67
1973 5,058 20 5,078 #55
1972 6,257 40 6,297 #45
1971 8,013 34 8,047 #38
1970 9,968 35 10,003 #32
1969 11,447 29 11,476 #26
1968 12,748 47 12,795 #24
1967 14,787 54 14,841 #19
1966 17,037 49 17,086 #12
1965 19,700 51 19,751 #7
1964 23,808 51 23,859 #7
1963 25,405 68 25,473 #6
1962 25,719 71 25,790 #7
1961 28,679 76 28,755 #7
1960 34,138 78 34,216 #5
1959 36,468 71 36,539 #5
1958 26,959 54 27,013 #10
1957 28,042 59 28,101 #10
1956 29,852 63 29,915 #10
1955 27,940 55 27,995 #10
1954 27,429 45 27,474 #11
1953 24,227 52 24,279 #13
1952 23,718 35 23,753 #13
1951 24,074 33 24,107 #12
1950 21,629 37 21,666 #13
1949 22,056 45 22,101 #12
1948 22,033 46 22,079 #11
1947 23,517 44 23,561 #10
1946 19,770 54 19,824 #13
1945 15,397 46 15,443 #17
1944 15,173 51 15,224 #17
1943 14,912 42 14,954 #17
1942 12,987 50 13,037 #20
1941 10,446 47 10,493 #20
1940 9,232 47 9,279 #23
1939 9,371 32 9,403 #20
1938 9,693 33 9,726 #20
1937 8,887 38 8,925 #21
1936 7,932 36 7,968 #22
1935 7,793 32 7,825 #23
1934 7,870 36 7,906 #23
1933 7,360 31 7,391 #24
1932 7,362 32 7,394 #29
1931 6,600 24 6,624 #32
1930 5,978 21 5,999 #37
1929 5,139 17 5,156 #47
1928 4,470 14 4,484 #61
1927 3,992 9 4,001 #70
1926 3,008 8 3,016 #90
1925 2,429 5 2,434 #110
1924 2,125 10 2,135 #131
1923 1,578 — 1,578 #156
1922 1,349 — 1,349 #166
1921 1,111 — 1,111 #189
1920 959 — 959 #202
1919 774 — 774 #225
1918 746 — 746 #233
1917 652 — 652 #243
1916 606 — 606 #247
1915 483 — 483 #267
1914 283 — 283 #310
1913 266 — 266 #291
1912 227 — 227 #298
1911 149 — 149 #324
1910 107 — 107 #379
1909 123 — 123 #325
1908 98 — 98 #365
1907 100 — 100 #355
1906 84 — 84 #372
1905 59 — 59 #439
1904 61 — 61 #413
1903 78 — 78 #362
1902 55 — 55 #416
1901 53 — 53 #412
1900 79 — 79 #376
1899 52 — 52 #406
1898 52 — 52 #429
1897 53 — 53 #400
1896 40 — 40 #459
1895 44 — 44 #427
1894 44 — 44 #419
1893 42 — 42 #417
1892 43 — 43 #406
1891 37 — 37 #408
1890 33 — 33 #455
1889 41 — 41 #380
1888 37 — 37 #408
1887 38 — 38 #351
1886 29 — 29 #405
1885 26 — 26 #409
1884 22 — 22 #429
1883 21 — 21 #416
1882 19 — 19 #422
1881 15 — 15 #437
1880 17 — 17 #407