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.

Donnette

#6,208 most common girls' name of all time · #10,488 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1931–1996

Rank among girls
#6,208
Rank overall
#10,488 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,210
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1963 #1,658
Best rank
#1,544 1947
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
194019601980

Donnette first appears in 1931. 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
1996 6 — 6 #12,021
1995 6 — 6 #12,001
1992 9 — 9 #8,879
1991 5 — 5 #13,476
1990 9 — 9 #8,637
1989 6 — 6 #11,113
1988 14 — 14 #5,678
1987 6 — 6 #10,104
1986 5 — 5 #11,238
1985 13 — 13 #5,440
1984 9 — 9 #6,956
1983 12 — 12 #5,560
1982 11 — 11 #6,027
1981 12 — 12 #5,658
1980 16 — 16 #4,589
1979 13 — 13 #5,188
1978 17 — 17 #4,132
1977 13 — 13 #5,006
1976 15 — 15 #4,227
1975 18 — 18 #3,686
1974 25 — 25 #2,867
1973 21 — 21 #3,172
1972 25 — 25 #2,776
1971 30 — 30 #2,505
1970 22 — 22 #3,065
1969 39 — 39 #2,014
1968 45 — 45 #1,770
1967 42 — 42 #1,809
1966 40 — 40 #1,813
1965 31 — 31 #2,130
1964 40 — 40 #1,882
1963 48 — 48 #1,658
1962 45 — 45 #1,703
1961 44 — 44 #1,739
1960 42 — 42 #1,754
1959 27 — 27 #2,216
1958 25 — 25 #2,302
1957 30 — 30 #2,017
1956 35 — 35 #1,826
1955 23 — 23 #2,326
1954 36 — 36 #1,731
1953 19 — 19 #2,488
1952 16 — 16 #2,779
1951 22 — 22 #2,172
1950 25 — 25 #1,947
1949 23 — 23 #2,057
1948 18 — 18 #2,401
1947 38 — 38 #1,544
1946 11 — 11 #3,186
1945 6 — 6 #4,382
1944 17 — 17 #2,185
1943 5 — 5 #5,188
1942 13 — 13 #2,650
1941 5 — 5 #4,931
1940 8 — 8 #3,467
1939 9 — 9 #3,119
1938 9 — 9 #3,163
1937 11 — 11 #2,728
1936 5 — 5 #4,753
1935 7 — 7 #3,718
1933 8 — 8 #3,399
1931 5 — 5 #4,924