Meaning not yet researched.
Don: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 89 in 2025. Its best rank was #50 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #50 in 1934; #1,795 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Don in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,795 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #50.
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Don: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 89 boys in 2025. Peak: #50 in 1934 · most boys in one year: 4,110 (1946).
In 2025, 89 US boys were named Don, making it the 1,795th most common boys’ name of the year, down 15 places from #1,780 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 92 boys named Don in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #50, reached in 1934. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,110, in 1946. For comparison, it was #1,445 in 2015 and #107 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Don in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 34 babies with the name. In all, 168,839 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 36,422 babies named Don.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 980 US boys were named Don; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 115. In 2025 that was about 1 in 19,192 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Don ranked highest in Georgia in 2025, at #1,019 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Donald (1,420,387 babies since 1880), Donnie (68,060 babies since 1880), Donny (12,927 babies since 1880) and Donn (6,615 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Duan, Doyne and Donne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Donnie and Donny.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Duan (571), Doyne (512), Donne (196), Dune (108), Dohn (98), Doan (54), Doane (51), Dunn (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Don is listed as a nickname for Donald, Donato, Donovan.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 8 | #1,019 | — |
| Texas | 19 | #1,141 | #1,477 |
| New York | 6 | #1,621 | #1,514 |
| California | 5 | #2,563 | #1,390 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 89 | #1,795 |
| 2024 | — | — | 92 | #1,780 |
| 2023 | — | — | 94 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | — | — | 115 | #1,552 |
| 2021 | — | — | 102 | #1,638 |
| 2020 | — | — | 90 | #1,722 |
| 2019 | — | — | 88 | #1,768 |
| 2018 | — | — | 115 | #1,500 |
| 2017 | — | — | 90 | #1,725 |
| 2016 | — | — | 105 | #1,566 |
| 2015 | — | — | 117 | #1,445 |
| 2014 | — | — | 112 | #1,457 |
| 2013 | — | — | 125 | #1,354 |
| 2012 | — | — | 96 | #1,619 |
| 2011 | — | — | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2010 | — | — | 111 | #1,473 |
| 2009 | — | — | 136 | #1,293 |
| 2008 | — | — | 133 | #1,306 |
| 2007 | — | — | 127 | #1,334 |
| 2006 | — | — | 170 | #1,055 |
| 2005 | — | — | 138 | #1,156 |
| 2004 | — | — | 140 | #1,128 |
| 2003 | — | — | 155 | #1,019 |
| 2002 | — | — | 155 | #1,003 |
| 2001 | — | — | 183 | #873 |
| 2000 | — | — | 193 | #830 |
| 1999 | — | — | 187 | #816 |
| 1998 | — | — | 207 | #767 |
| 1997 | — | — | 194 | #768 |
| 1996 | — | — | 233 | #694 |
| 1995 | — | — | 299 | #597 |
| 1994 | — | — | 231 | #684 |
| 1993 | — | — | 309 | #587 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,889 | 293 | #603 |
| 1991 | — | — | 353 | #538 |
| 1990 | — | — | 332 | #554 |
| 1989 | — | — | 393 | #483 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,608 | 454 | #425 |
| 1987 | — | — | 449 | #412 |
| 1986 | — | — | 467 | #391 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,637 | 473 | #381 |
| 1984 | — | — | 472 | #373 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,335 | 478 | #367 |
| 1982 | — | — | 552 | #341 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,986 | 653 | #298 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,597 | 598 | #321 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,276 | 654 | #303 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,832 | 587 | #306 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,051 | 732 | #268 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,187 | 718 | #269 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,368 | 766 | #258 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,092 | 798 | #252 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,630 | 893 | #237 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,139 | 977 | #223 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,365 | 1,092 | #215 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,914 | 1,279 | #203 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,498 | 1,349 | #194 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,894 | 1,404 | #183 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,520 | 1,469 | #177 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,019 | 1,650 | #166 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,444 | 1,907 | #157 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,710 | 2,304 | #141 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,373 | 2,522 | #135 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,340 | 2,915 | #123 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,090 | 3,149 | #121 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,837 | 3,454 | #115 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,782 | 3,617 | #111 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,998 | 3,580 | #112 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,839 | 3,347 | #117 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,748 | 2,898 | #123 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,632 | 2,649 | #125 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,612 | 2,748 | #120 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,450 | 2,712 | #121 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,421 | 2,570 | #120 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,614 | 2,619 | #117 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,579 | 2,712 | #107 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,762 | 3,060 | #98 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,416 | 3,546 | #91 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,099 | 4,007 | #86 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,106 | 4,110 | #79 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,262 | 3,482 | #73 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,981 | 3,589 | #72 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,367 | 3,817 | #72 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,994 | 3,564 | #72 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,206 | 3,533 | #66 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,909 | 3,547 | #62 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,691 | 3,589 | #56 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,965 | 3,900 | #52 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,505 | 3,814 | #51 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,420 | 3,830 | #51 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,680 | 3,917 | #51 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,526 | 3,926 | #50 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,619 | 3,453 | #54 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,178 | 3,453 | #55 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,131 | 3,176 | #59 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,294 | 2,922 | #68 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,565 | 2,519 | #78 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,478 | 2,382 | #84 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,412 | 2,303 | #90 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,636 | 1,966 | #96 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,133 | 1,653 | #106 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,730 | 1,451 | #125 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,039 | 1,293 | #130 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,133 | 1,183 | #136 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,936 | 1,172 | #136 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,622 | 1,019 | #148 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,686 | 956 | #145 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,583 | 931 | #153 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,019 | 757 | #167 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,705 | 744 | #160 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,576 | 747 | #156 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,290 | 521 | #173 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,304 | 388 | #176 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,883 | 332 | #177 |
| 1911 | — | — | 167 | #184 |
| 1910 | — | — | 140 | #191 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,020 | 110 | #197 |
| 1908 | — | — | 107 | #193 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,146 | 81 | #227 |
| 1906 | — | — | 87 | #203 |
| 1905 | — | — | 85 | #206 |
| 1904 | — | — | 75 | #213 |
| 1903 | — | — | 64 | #228 |
| 1902 | — | — | 79 | #200 |
| 1901 | — | — | 48 | #250 |
| 1900 | — | — | 81 | #219 |
| 1899 | — | — | 65 | #202 |
| 1898 | — | — | 49 | #252 |
| 1897 | — | — | 49 | #249 |
| 1896 | — | — | 66 | #221 |
| 1895 | — | — | 78 | #191 |
| 1894 | — | — | 72 | #203 |
| 1893 | — | — | 64 | #213 |
| 1892 | — | — | 68 | #214 |
| 1891 | — | — | 48 | #233 |
| 1890 | — | — | 61 | #212 |
| 1889 | — | — | 62 | #207 |
| 1888 | — | — | 50 | #245 |
| 1887 | — | — | 39 | #256 |
| 1886 | — | — | 61 | #216 |
| 1885 | — | — | 35 | #282 |
| 1884 | — | — | 47 | #251 |
| 1883 | — | — | 54 | #203 |
| 1882 | — | — | 46 | #251 |
| 1881 | — | — | 26 | #320 |
| 1880 | — | — | 34 | #284 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).