Donovan
#444 most common boys' name of all time · #971 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1900–2025
Rank among boys
#444
Rank overall
#971 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
61,904
Since 2016
8,328
Peak year
2003 #176
Best rank
#176 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 2,219/yr
Donovan first appears in 1900. 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 | — | 609 | 609 | #495 |
| 2024 | — | 604 | 604 | #506 |
| 2023 | — | 652 | 652 | #468 |
| 2022 | — | 693 | 693 | #448 |
| 2021 | — | 727 | 727 | #427 |
| 2020 | — | 830 | 830 | #374 |
| 2019 | — | 947 | 947 | #352 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1,030 | 1,035 | #324 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1,061 | 1,066 | #323 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1,160 | 1,165 | #306 |
| 2015 | — | 1,304 | 1,304 | #282 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1,271 | 1,276 | #284 |
| 2013 | — | 1,237 | 1,237 | #281 |
| 2012 | — | 1,272 | 1,272 | #276 |
| 2011 | — | 1,363 | 1,363 | #255 |
| 2010 | 5 | 1,644 | 1,649 | #218 |
| 2009 | — | 1,741 | 1,741 | #215 |
| 2008 | 7 | 1,786 | 1,793 | #214 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,044 | 2,050 | #197 |
| 2006 | — | 1,967 | 1,967 | #198 |
| 2005 | — | 2,186 | 2,186 | #185 |
| 2004 | 13 | 2,055 | 2,068 | #187 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,211 | 2,219 | #176 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,964 | 1,971 | #191 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,657 | 1,664 | #211 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,718 | 1,730 | #207 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,632 | 1,642 | #210 |
| 1998 | 11 | 1,542 | 1,553 | #210 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,449 | 1,458 | #213 |
| 1996 | — | 1,201 | 1,201 | #246 |
| 1995 | 9 | 1,077 | 1,086 | #261 |
| 1994 | — | 1,110 | 1,110 | #261 |
| 1993 | 6 | 1,144 | 1,150 | #249 |
| 1992 | 7 | 1,176 | 1,183 | #243 |
| 1991 | 5 | 1,059 | 1,064 | #256 |
| 1990 | 6 | 849 | 855 | #299 |
| 1989 | — | 773 | 773 | #311 |
| 1988 | 8 | 672 | 680 | #322 |
| 1987 | 9 | 630 | 639 | #326 |
| 1986 | 9 | 495 | 504 | #373 |
| 1985 | 6 | 460 | 466 | #391 |
| 1984 | 8 | 332 | 340 | #463 |
| 1983 | — | 278 | 278 | #504 |
| 1982 | — | 280 | 280 | #507 |
| 1981 | 6 | 289 | 295 | #494 |
| 1980 | — | 344 | 344 | #450 |
| 1979 | — | 317 | 317 | #459 |
| 1978 | 7 | 293 | 300 | #477 |
| 1977 | — | 324 | 324 | #443 |
| 1976 | — | 348 | 348 | #415 |
| 1975 | — | 338 | 338 | #426 |
| 1974 | — | 369 | 369 | #405 |
| 1973 | — | 378 | 378 | #400 |
| 1972 | 6 | 403 | 409 | #391 |
| 1971 | — | 479 | 479 | #366 |
| 1970 | 5 | 501 | 506 | #365 |
| 1969 | 8 | 478 | 486 | #362 |
| 1968 | — | 283 | 283 | #455 |
| 1967 | — | 227 | 227 | #500 |
| 1966 | — | 175 | 175 | #573 |
| 1965 | — | 132 | 132 | #649 |
| 1964 | — | 119 | 119 | #710 |
| 1963 | — | 102 | 102 | #761 |
| 1962 | — | 103 | 103 | #753 |
| 1961 | — | 119 | 119 | #701 |
| 1960 | — | 75 | 75 | #881 |
| 1959 | — | 86 | 86 | #824 |
| 1958 | — | 74 | 74 | #882 |
| 1957 | — | 116 | 116 | #704 |
| 1956 | — | 88 | 88 | #794 |
| 1955 | — | 107 | 107 | #711 |
| 1954 | — | 76 | 76 | #831 |
| 1953 | — | 80 | 80 | #802 |
| 1952 | — | 73 | 73 | #826 |
| 1951 | — | 86 | 86 | #758 |
| 1950 | — | 90 | 90 | #725 |
| 1949 | — | 70 | 70 | #817 |
| 1948 | — | 78 | 78 | #772 |
| 1947 | — | 78 | 78 | #782 |
| 1946 | — | 83 | 83 | #721 |
| 1945 | — | 58 | 58 | #828 |
| 1944 | — | 63 | 63 | #796 |
| 1943 | — | 73 | 73 | #767 |
| 1942 | — | 65 | 65 | #803 |
| 1941 | — | 65 | 65 | #777 |
| 1940 | — | 84 | 84 | #666 |
| 1939 | — | 79 | 79 | #670 |
| 1938 | — | 91 | 91 | #627 |
| 1937 | — | 64 | 64 | #768 |
| 1936 | — | 79 | 79 | #666 |
| 1935 | — | 66 | 66 | #764 |
| 1934 | — | 109 | 109 | #567 |
| 1933 | — | 80 | 80 | #654 |
| 1932 | — | 107 | 107 | #575 |
| 1931 | — | 98 | 98 | #595 |
| 1930 | — | 93 | 93 | #638 |
| 1929 | — | 85 | 85 | #667 |
| 1928 | — | 93 | 93 | #651 |
| 1927 | — | 78 | 78 | #743 |
| 1926 | — | 66 | 66 | #818 |
| 1925 | — | 75 | 75 | #763 |
| 1924 | — | 65 | 65 | #857 |
| 1923 | — | 75 | 75 | #764 |
| 1922 | — | 52 | 52 | #988 |
| 1921 | — | 69 | 69 | #831 |
| 1920 | — | 61 | 61 | #886 |
| 1919 | — | 54 | 54 | #917 |
| 1918 | — | 46 | 46 | #995 |
| 1917 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,057 |
| 1916 | — | 49 | 49 | #914 |
| 1915 | — | 45 | 45 | #937 |
| 1914 | — | 35 | 35 | #947 |
| 1913 | — | 28 | 28 | #943 |
| 1912 | — | 26 | 26 | #889 |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,030 |
| 1909 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,144 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,525 |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | #992 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #920 |
| 1905 | — | 12 | 12 | #739 |
| 1904 | — | 9 | 9 | #871 |
| 1903 | — | 9 | 9 | #845 |
| 1902 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #939 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,046 |