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.

Donnita

#7,856 most common girls' name of all time · #13,143 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1937–1994

Rank among girls
#7,856
Rank overall
#13,143 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
855
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1957 #2,109
Best rank
#2,061 1954
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
194019601980

Donnita first appears in 1937. 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 8 — 8 #9,740
1992 6 — 6 #11,973
1991 7 — 7 #10,487
1990 10 — 10 #8,015
1989 7 — 7 #9,894
1987 13 — 13 #5,702
1986 17 — 17 #4,600
1985 10 — 10 #6,576
1984 11 — 11 #6,023
1983 9 — 9 #6,860
1982 17 — 17 #4,404
1981 13 — 13 #5,359
1980 14 — 14 #5,041
1979 16 — 16 #4,494
1978 17 — 17 #4,137
1977 20 — 20 #3,665
1976 20 — 20 #3,456
1975 19 — 19 #3,557
1974 16 — 16 #3,937
1973 28 — 28 #2,592
1972 18 — 18 #3,458
1971 24 — 24 #2,909
1970 23 — 23 #2,984
1969 23 — 23 #2,809
1968 16 — 16 #3,393
1967 21 — 21 #2,749
1966 24 — 24 #2,498
1965 24 — 24 #2,510
1964 27 — 27 #2,394
1963 24 — 24 #2,523
1962 17 — 17 #3,108
1961 25 — 25 #2,446
1960 24 — 24 #2,487
1959 22 — 22 #2,501
1958 18 — 18 #2,816
1957 28 — 28 #2,109
1956 20 — 20 #2,591
1955 14 — 14 #3,190
1954 27 — 27 #2,061
1953 9 — 9 #4,148
1952 19 — 19 #2,489
1951 17 — 17 #2,558
1950 15 — 15 #2,755
1949 14 — 14 #2,827
1948 10 — 10 #3,528
1947 17 — 17 #2,514
1946 10 — 10 #3,397
1945 9 — 9 #3,344
1944 8 — 8 #3,648
1943 7 — 7 #4,135
1942 6 — 6 #4,541
1939 5 — 5 #4,855
1938 5 — 5 #4,908
1937 7 — 7 #3,788