Meaning not yet researched.
Donald: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 395 in 2025. Its best rank was #6 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #6 in 1934; #690 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Donald in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#690 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #6.
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Donald: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 395 boys in 2025. Peak: #6 in 1934 · most boys in one year: 30,408 (1934).
In 2025, 395 US boys were named Donald, making it the 690th most common boys’ name of the year, down 17 places from #673 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 408 boys named Donald in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #6, reached in 1934. That year also had the most boys given the name: 30,408. For comparison, it was #440 in 2015 and #14 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Donald in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 46 babies with the name. In all, 1,420,387 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 284,864 babies named Donald.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,821 US boys were named Donald; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 625. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,324 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Donald ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #447 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Don (168,839 babies since 1880) and Donny (12,927 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Donold, Donnald and Donaldo are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Don, Donnie, Donny and Dony.
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: Donold (828), Donnald (386), Donaldo (347), Doneld (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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 24 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 11 | #447 | #227 |
| Maryland | 11 | #447 | #428 |
| Alabama | 11 | #458 | #537 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #513 | #475 |
| Iowa | 6 | #519 | #427 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #532 | #395 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #536 | #390 |
| Washington | 13 | #538 | #575 |
| North Carolina | 18 | #544 | #424 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #548 | #233 |
| Indiana | 12 | #553 | #377 |
| Missouri | 10 | #568 | #379 |
| Arizona | 12 | #570 | #499 |
| Ohio | 17 | #582 | #308 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #612 | #382 |
| Oregon | 5 | #638 | #382 |
| Illinois | 14 | #650 | #339 |
| Georgia | 15 | #655 | #393 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #665 | #736 |
| Virginia | 10 | #686 | #373 |
| New York | 21 | #699 | #503 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #718 | #331 |
| Michigan | 10 | #732 | #334 |
| Florida | 21 | #735 | #509 |
| Texas | 34 | #796 | #658 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #865 | #391 |
| California | 26 | #886 | #544 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 395 | #690 |
| 2024 | — | — | 408 | #673 |
| 2023 | — | — | 415 | #659 |
| 2022 | — | — | 403 | #677 |
| 2021 | — | — | 468 | #596 |
| 2020 | — | — | 450 | #609 |
| 2019 | — | — | 513 | #549 |
| 2018 | — | — | 541 | #524 |
| 2017 | — | — | 603 | #486 |
| 2016 | — | — | 625 | #489 |
| 2015 | — | — | 696 | #440 |
| 2014 | — | — | 738 | #419 |
| 2013 | — | — | 711 | #415 |
| 2012 | — | — | 729 | #400 |
| 2011 | — | — | 788 | #377 |
| 2010 | — | — | 765 | #377 |
| 2009 | — | — | 839 | #363 |
| 2008 | — | — | 992 | #333 |
| 2007 | — | — | 999 | #321 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,098 | #303 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,150 | #289 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,921 | 1,251 | #263 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,308 | #253 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,289 | #252 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,470 | #231 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,609 | #217 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,747 | #192 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,862 | #180 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,243 | 1,970 | #173 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,889 | 2,184 | #158 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,841 | 2,252 | #155 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,060 | 2,652 | #132 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,152 | 2,996 | #118 |
| 1992 | — | — | 3,266 | #110 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,797 | 3,650 | #102 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,454 | 4,177 | #87 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,918 | 4,323 | #82 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,888 | 4,328 | #76 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,449 | 4,501 | #70 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,795 | 4,661 | #71 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,610 | 4,750 | #66 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,587 | 5,062 | #63 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,104 | 5,327 | #60 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,193 | 5,712 | #58 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,419 | 5,910 | #56 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,198 | 6,269 | #53 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,738 | 6,508 | #51 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,356 | 6,423 | #48 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,469 | 6,866 | #46 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,664 | 6,792 | #47 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,675 | 7,197 | #42 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,856 | 7,758 | #41 |
| 1973 | 75 | #1,342 | 8,361 | #38 |
| 1972 | 77 | #1,316 | 9,261 | #36 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,502 | 10,872 | #34 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,531 | 12,397 | #30 |
| 1969 | 77 | #1,280 | 12,775 | #30 |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,293 | 13,362 | #29 |
| 1967 | 84 | #1,157 | 14,226 | #27 |
| 1966 | 82 | #1,182 | 14,713 | #27 |
| 1965 | 61 | #1,412 | 16,033 | #26 |
| 1964 | 68 | #1,362 | 18,045 | #25 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,189 | 18,896 | #25 |
| 1962 | 70 | #1,326 | 20,425 | #23 |
| 1961 | 76 | #1,273 | 21,409 | #22 |
| 1960 | 87 | #1,167 | 22,744 | #19 |
| 1959 | 88 | #1,136 | 23,876 | #19 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,083 | 25,015 | #18 |
| 1957 | 92 | #1,091 | 27,910 | #15 |
| 1956 | 85 | #1,119 | 28,223 | #14 |
| 1955 | 69 | #1,211 | 27,726 | #14 |
| 1954 | 66 | #1,225 | 29,279 | #14 |
| 1953 | 69 | #1,167 | 28,361 | #14 |
| 1952 | 72 | #1,110 | 28,269 | #13 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,163 | 27,916 | #15 |
| 1950 | 51 | #1,287 | 26,999 | #14 |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,092 | 27,121 | #13 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,331 | 26,442 | #14 |
| 1947 | 63 | #1,132 | 28,260 | #13 |
| 1946 | 72 | #987 | 26,273 | #13 |
| 1945 | 47 | #1,145 | 22,138 | #12 |
| 1944 | 60 | #1,006 | 23,468 | #11 |
| 1943 | 69 | #947 | 24,421 | #11 |
| 1942 | 76 | #897 | 23,955 | #10 |
| 1941 | 63 | #926 | 22,641 | #10 |
| 1940 | 84 | #763 | 23,115 | #9 |
| 1939 | 83 | #753 | 24,056 | #8 |
| 1938 | 79 | #793 | 26,677 | #7 |
| 1937 | 81 | #753 | 27,868 | #7 |
| 1936 | 88 | #711 | 28,639 | #7 |
| 1935 | 112 | #614 | 29,674 | #7 |
| 1934 | 110 | #635 | 30,408 | #6 |
| 1933 | 133 | #552 | 28,450 | #7 |
| 1932 | 125 | #587 | 29,794 | #7 |
| 1931 | 160 | #518 | 29,100 | #7 |
| 1930 | 175 | #507 | 29,052 | #7 |
| 1929 | 170 | #522 | 27,181 | #7 |
| 1928 | 170 | #536 | 25,704 | #7 |
| 1927 | 144 | #588 | 23,834 | #8 |
| 1926 | 133 | #620 | 20,912 | #9 |
| 1925 | 105 | #720 | 19,193 | #10 |
| 1924 | 85 | #811 | 17,929 | #10 |
| 1923 | 53 | #1,040 | 16,433 | #10 |
| 1922 | 56 | #999 | 14,913 | #12 |
| 1921 | 57 | #991 | 13,776 | #13 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,107 | 11,941 | #16 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,139 | 9,904 | #17 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,217 | 9,972 | #18 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,381 | 8,729 | #20 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,637 | 7,736 | #20 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,695 | 7,116 | #20 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,497 | 4,835 | #23 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,616 | 3,702 | #25 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,442 | 2,872 | #27 |
| 1911 | — | — | 1,275 | #36 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,210 | 860 | #44 |
| 1909 | — | — | 725 | #42 |
| 1908 | — | — | 664 | #45 |
| 1907 | — | — | 616 | #44 |
| 1906 | — | — | 486 | #51 |
| 1905 | — | — | 425 | #59 |
| 1904 | — | — | 413 | #58 |
| 1903 | — | — | 359 | #60 |
| 1902 | — | — | 366 | #63 |
| 1901 | — | — | 250 | #77 |
| 1900 | — | — | 328 | #79 |
| 1899 | — | — | 258 | #74 |
| 1898 | — | — | 238 | #88 |
| 1897 | — | — | 195 | #92 |
| 1896 | — | — | 211 | #94 |
| 1895 | — | — | 203 | #96 |
| 1894 | — | — | 169 | #106 |
| 1893 | — | — | 166 | #105 |
| 1892 | — | — | 137 | #123 |
| 1891 | — | — | 100 | #136 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,385 | 109 | #131 |
| 1889 | — | — | 75 | #180 |
| 1888 | — | — | 77 | #195 |
| 1887 | — | — | 60 | #198 |
| 1886 | — | — | 57 | #224 |
| 1885 | — | — | 47 | #242 |
| 1884 | — | — | 59 | #216 |
| 1883 | — | — | 52 | #209 |
| 1882 | — | — | 48 | #242 |
| 1881 | — | — | 27 | #315 |
| 1880 | — | — | 46 | #246 |
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).