Donyell**
#5,102 most common boys' name of all time · #12,638 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1961–2017 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,102
Rank overall
#12,638 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
907
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1974 #1,573
Best rank
#1,573 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 51/yr
Donyell first appears in 1961. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,566 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,559 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,483 |
| 2007 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #10,011 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,036 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,236 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,865 |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,971 |
| 2000 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #5,123 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,333 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #8,748 |
| 1997 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #7,494 |
| 1996 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #6,678 |
| 1995 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #3,253 |
| 1994 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #2,652 |
| 1993 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #4,544 |
| 1992 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,897 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,259 |
| 1990 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #6,679 |
| 1989 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #7,322 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #6,031 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,266 |
| 1985 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #6,076 |
| 1984 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #3,596 |
| 1983 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #3,543 |
| 1982 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #2,912 |
| 1981 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #2,849 |
| 1980 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #2,203 |
| 1979 | 17 | 18 | 35 | #2,627 |
| 1978 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #2,891 |
| 1977 | 10 | 30 | 40 | #1,769 |
| 1976 | 19 | 27 | 46 | #1,864 |
| 1975 | 21 | 22 | 43 | #2,118 |
| 1974 | 19 | 32 | 51 | #1,573 |
| 1973 | 21 | 23 | 44 | #1,919 |
| 1972 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #3,118 |
| 1971 | 17 | 11 | 28 | #3,103 |
| 1970 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #3,465 |
| 1969 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #4,845 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | — |