Meaning not yet researched.
Donn: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #366 in 1949.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #366 in 1949. No US babies were recorded with the name Donn in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #366 in 1949.
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Donn: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #366 in 1949 · most boys in one year: 341 (1949).
Fewer than five US boys were named Donn in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #366, reached in 1949. That year also had the most boys given the name: 341. For comparison, it was #12,564 in 2015 and #424 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Donn in 100 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 7 babies. In all, 6,615 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 1,827 babies named Donn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 24 US boys were named Donn; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 8.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Don (168,839 babies since 1880).
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.
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.
No nicknames listed for Donn in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | 5 | #12,807 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #12,710 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,097 |
| 2016 | — | — | 6 | #11,088 |
| 2015 | — | — | 5 | #12,564 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5 | #12,637 |
| 2007 | — | — | 6 | #11,303 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #11,024 |
| 2005 | — | — | 6 | #10,451 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #9,705 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | #11,041 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,444 |
| 1999 | — | — | 5 | #10,353 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #5,942 |
| 1997 | — | — | 11 | #5,379 |
| 1996 | — | — | 9 | #6,127 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,086 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #8,050 |
| 1993 | — | — | 6 | #7,900 |
| 1992 | — | — | 7 | #6,883 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,203 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,830 |
| 1989 | — | — | 18 | #3,237 |
| 1988 | — | — | 22 | #2,633 |
| 1987 | — | — | 24 | #2,350 |
| 1986 | — | — | 19 | #2,710 |
| 1985 | — | — | 19 | #2,624 |
| 1984 | — | — | 16 | #2,854 |
| 1983 | — | — | 21 | #2,355 |
| 1982 | — | — | 14 | #3,162 |
| 1981 | — | — | 24 | #2,149 |
| 1980 | — | — | 30 | #1,870 |
| 1979 | — | — | 29 | #1,877 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,116 | 23 | #2,087 |
| 1977 | — | — | 32 | #1,680 |
| 1976 | — | — | 39 | #1,432 |
| 1975 | — | — | 42 | #1,348 |
| 1974 | — | — | 37 | #1,422 |
| 1973 | — | — | 50 | #1,168 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,610 | 63 | #1,017 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,632 | 58 | #1,071 |
| 1970 | — | — | 85 | #878 |
| 1969 | — | — | 82 | #849 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,442 | 88 | #789 |
| 1967 | — | — | 85 | #792 |
| 1966 | — | — | 73 | #849 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,782 | 70 | #875 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,198 | 113 | #723 |
| 1963 | — | — | 97 | #774 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,441 | 103 | #753 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,440 | 112 | #726 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,311 | 141 | #657 |
| 1959 | — | — | 149 | #634 |
| 1958 | — | — | 156 | #615 |
| 1957 | — | — | 171 | #587 |
| 1956 | — | — | 147 | #628 |
| 1955 | — | — | 193 | #528 |
| 1954 | — | — | 168 | #566 |
| 1953 | — | — | 190 | #510 |
| 1952 | — | — | 182 | #517 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,615 | 216 | #463 |
| 1950 | — | — | 250 | #424 |
| 1949 | — | — | 341 | #366 |
| 1948 | — | — | 157 | #530 |
| 1947 | — | — | 121 | #619 |
| 1946 | — | — | 131 | #559 |
| 1945 | — | — | 102 | #599 |
| 1944 | — | — | 92 | #645 |
| 1943 | — | — | 83 | #704 |
| 1942 | — | — | 97 | #647 |
| 1941 | — | — | 85 | #663 |
| 1940 | — | — | 85 | #655 |
| 1939 | — | — | 80 | #663 |
| 1938 | — | — | 86 | #646 |
| 1937 | — | — | 70 | #723 |
| 1936 | — | — | 66 | #742 |
| 1935 | — | — | 75 | #698 |
| 1934 | — | — | 96 | #603 |
| 1933 | — | — | 87 | #619 |
| 1932 | — | — | 92 | #621 |
| 1931 | — | — | 72 | #723 |
| 1930 | — | — | 103 | #601 |
| 1929 | — | — | 122 | #529 |
| 1928 | — | — | 96 | #631 |
| 1927 | — | — | 93 | #661 |
| 1926 | — | — | 93 | #654 |
| 1925 | — | — | 66 | #819 |
| 1924 | — | — | 51 | #985 |
| 1923 | — | — | 45 | #1,061 |
| 1922 | — | — | 40 | #1,123 |
| 1921 | — | — | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1920 | — | — | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1919 | — | — | 16 | #1,995 |
| 1918 | — | — | 26 | #1,413 |
| 1917 | — | — | 26 | #1,372 |
| 1916 | — | — | 24 | #1,425 |
| 1915 | — | — | 19 | #1,619 |
| 1914 | — | — | 14 | #1,706 |
| 1913 | — | — | 13 | #1,515 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,093 |
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).