Donnell*
#942 most common boys' name of all time · #2,182 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#942
Rank overall
#2,182 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
15,305
Since 2016
398
Peak year
1970 #494
Best rank
#479 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 307/yr
Donnell first appears in 1912. 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 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,061 |
| 2024 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,590 |
| 2023 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,470 |
| 2022 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,547 |
| 2021 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,753 |
| 2020 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,699 |
| 2019 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2018 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,264 |
| 2017 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2016 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,873 |
| 2014 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,705 |
| 2013 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,766 |
| 2012 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,713 |
| 2011 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 2010 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,539 |
| 2009 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,853 |
| 2008 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,364 |
| 2007 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,288 |
| 2006 | 5 | 139 | 144 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,362 |
| 2004 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,166 |
| 2003 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,305 |
| 2002 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,155 |
| 2001 | — | 155 | 155 | #987 |
| 2000 | — | 149 | 149 | #994 |
| 1999 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,029 |
| 1998 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,032 |
| 1997 | — | 159 | 159 | #875 |
| 1996 | — | 165 | 165 | #847 |
| 1995 | — | 171 | 171 | #821 |
| 1994 | — | 197 | 197 | #748 |
| 1993 | 5 | 195 | 200 | #750 |
| 1992 | — | 203 | 203 | #725 |
| 1991 | 5 | 207 | 212 | #703 |
| 1990 | 7 | 239 | 246 | #654 |
| 1989 | 6 | 249 | 255 | #633 |
| 1988 | — | 239 | 239 | #615 |
| 1987 | 7 | 220 | 227 | #610 |
| 1986 | 11 | 206 | 217 | #624 |
| 1985 | 12 | 217 | 229 | #594 |
| 1984 | 19 | 259 | 278 | #535 |
| 1983 | 13 | 218 | 231 | #572 |
| 1982 | 15 | 290 | 305 | #498 |
| 1981 | 18 | 260 | 278 | #522 |
| 1980 | 15 | 271 | 286 | #518 |
| 1979 | 18 | 249 | 267 | #541 |
| 1978 | 19 | 205 | 224 | #589 |
| 1977 | 22 | 227 | 249 | #555 |
| 1976 | 14 | 254 | 268 | #505 |
| 1975 | 25 | 269 | 294 | #488 |
| 1974 | 20 | 265 | 285 | #495 |
| 1973 | 31 | 256 | 287 | #486 |
| 1972 | 29 | 238 | 267 | #511 |
| 1971 | 34 | 268 | 302 | #492 |
| 1970 | 36 | 271 | 307 | #494 |
| 1969 | 49 | 254 | 303 | #481 |
| 1968 | 29 | 248 | 277 | #479 |
| 1967 | 22 | 243 | 265 | #482 |
| 1966 | 23 | 220 | 243 | #512 |
| 1965 | 21 | 214 | 235 | #525 |
| 1964 | 32 | 240 | 272 | #506 |
| 1963 | 33 | 214 | 247 | #541 |
| 1962 | 24 | 263 | 287 | #489 |
| 1961 | 36 | 205 | 241 | #552 |
| 1960 | 26 | 225 | 251 | #530 |
| 1959 | 21 | 209 | 230 | #541 |
| 1958 | 30 | 217 | 247 | #522 |
| 1957 | 26 | 195 | 221 | #555 |
| 1956 | 18 | 205 | 223 | #523 |
| 1955 | 25 | 171 | 196 | #566 |
| 1954 | 21 | 150 | 171 | #604 |
| 1953 | 16 | 162 | 178 | #556 |
| 1952 | 8 | 150 | 158 | #572 |
| 1951 | 8 | 134 | 142 | #607 |
| 1950 | 11 | 143 | 154 | #569 |
| 1949 | 10 | 90 | 100 | #726 |
| 1948 | 19 | 85 | 104 | #732 |
| 1947 | 12 | 76 | 88 | #792 |
| 1946 | 10 | 62 | 72 | #840 |
| 1945 | 11 | 50 | 61 | #912 |
| 1944 | 7 | 50 | 57 | #905 |
| 1943 | 6 | 41 | 47 | #1,071 |
| 1942 | 9 | 55 | 64 | #899 |
| 1941 | 9 | 56 | 65 | #849 |
| 1940 | 6 | 42 | 48 | #1,004 |
| 1939 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,083 |
| 1938 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #1,122 |
| 1937 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,072 |
| 1936 | 9 | 40 | 49 | #1,009 |
| 1935 | 6 | 38 | 44 | #1,056 |
| 1934 | 5 | 39 | 44 | #1,056 |
| 1933 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #1,453 |
| 1932 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #1,138 |
| 1931 | 9 | 36 | 45 | #1,139 |
| 1930 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1929 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,311 |
| 1928 | 5 | 32 | 37 | #1,288 |
| 1927 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,596 |
| 1926 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1925 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,672 |
| 1924 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,638 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1921 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,474 |
| 1920 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,204 |
| 1919 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,131 |
| 1918 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1917 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,584 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,307 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,952 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,078 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,934 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,221 |