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.

Donovon

#6,184 most common boys' name of all time · #15,416 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1969–2020

Rank among boys
#6,184
Rank overall
#15,416 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
660
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1999 #2,580
Best rank
#2,580 1999
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
198020002020

Donovon first appears in 1969. 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
2020 — 8 8 #8,912
2018 — 6 6 #11,037
2017 — 5 5 #12,611
2015 — 8 8 #8,956
2014 — 5 5 #12,466
2013 — 12 12 #6,718
2012 — 8 8 #9,055
2011 — 10 10 #7,649
2010 — 11 11 #7,209
2009 — 19 19 #4,982
2008 — 12 12 #6,890
2007 — 21 21 #4,546
2006 — 21 21 #4,432
2005 — 18 18 #4,696
2004 — 27 27 #3,490
2003 — 18 18 #4,504
2002 — 26 26 #3,392
2001 — 29 29 #3,095
2000 — 20 20 #3,989
1999 — 34 34 #2,580
1998 — 17 17 #4,100
1997 — 22 22 #3,307
1996 — 22 22 #3,248
1995 — 19 19 #3,501
1994 — 24 24 #2,999
1993 — 19 19 #3,436
1992 — 17 17 #3,682
1991 — 19 19 #3,282
1990 — 21 21 #3,021
1989 — 10 10 #4,975
1988 — 13 13 #3,833
1987 — 14 14 #3,461
1986 — 7 7 #5,636
1985 — 12 12 #3,728
1984 — 6 6 #5,969
1983 — 9 9 #4,379
1982 — 7 7 #5,347
1981 — 5 5 #6,756
1979 — 5 5 #6,595
1978 — 5 5 #6,299
1977 — 6 6 #5,543
1976 — 6 6 #5,341
1975 — 6 6 #5,234
1974 — 7 7 #4,514
1973 — 7 7 #4,390
1972 — 11 11 #3,139
1971 — 10 10 #3,353
1970 — 9 9 #3,502
1969 — 7 7 #3,920