Meaning not yet researched.
Donna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 98 in 2025. Its best rank was #5 in 1960.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #5 in 1960; #1,965 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Donna in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,965 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1960, at #5.
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Donna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 98 girls in 2025. Peak: #5 in 1960 · most girls in one year: 36,468 (1959).
In 2025, 98 US girls were named Donna, making it the 1,965th most common girls’ name of the year, down 34 places from #1,931 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 103 girls named Donna in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #5, reached in 1960. The most girls given the name in a single year was 36,468, in 1959. For comparison, it was #1,441 in 2015 and #13 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Donna in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 833,874 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 270,842 babies named Donna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,140 US girls were named Donna; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 139. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,401 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Donna ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #630 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Danna (25,240 babies since 1880) and Dona (19,032 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Duana, Donae and Donnae are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Dona.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Duana (564), Donae (203), Donnae (85), Donnah (73), Duanna (68), Donah (29), Duuna (9), Duna (8), Donnay (6).
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 girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6 | #630 | — |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,103 | — |
| Texas | 15 | #1,557 | #1,370 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,594 | #1,206 |
| New York | 6 | #1,883 | #1,313 |
| California | 10 | #1,987 | #1,005 |
| Florida | 5 | #2,247 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,965 | — | — |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,931 | — | — |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,988 | — | — |
| 2022 | 101 | #1,955 | — | — |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,888 | — | — |
| 2020 | 137 | #1,546 | — | — |
| 2019 | 116 | #1,764 | — | — |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,558 | — | — |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,716 | — | — |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,761 | — | — |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,441 | — | — |
| 2014 | 163 | #1,403 | — | — |
| 2013 | 176 | #1,329 | — | — |
| 2012 | 188 | #1,275 | — | — |
| 2011 | 199 | #1,204 | — | — |
| 2010 | 258 | #983 | — | — |
| 2009 | 262 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 2008 | 278 | #964 | — | — |
| 2007 | 261 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 2006 | 325 | #830 | — | — |
| 2005 | 305 | #834 | — | — |
| 2004 | 331 | #783 | — | — |
| 2003 | 323 | #770 | — | — |
| 2002 | 376 | #672 | — | — |
| 2001 | 355 | #699 | — | — |
| 2000 | 370 | #661 | — | — |
| 1999 | 373 | #632 | — | — |
| 1998 | 433 | #567 | — | — |
| 1997 | 422 | #554 | — | — |
| 1996 | 420 | #557 | — | — |
| 1995 | 492 | #498 | — | — |
| 1994 | 662 | #383 | — | — |
| 1993 | 581 | #433 | 6 | #7,901 |
| 1992 | 679 | #380 | — | — |
| 1991 | 739 | #350 | — | — |
| 1990 | 861 | #319 | 8 | #5,995 |
| 1989 | 992 | #270 | 8 | #5,786 |
| 1988 | 1,040 | #251 | 12 | #3,978 |
| 1987 | 1,031 | #248 | — | — |
| 1986 | 992 | #259 | 7 | #5,488 |
| 1985 | 1,191 | #219 | 5 | #6,819 |
| 1984 | 1,181 | #221 | 5 | #6,587 |
| 1983 | 1,378 | #192 | 11 | #3,687 |
| 1982 | 1,530 | #179 | 11 | #3,758 |
| 1981 | 1,700 | #167 | 9 | #4,247 |
| 1980 | 2,009 | #144 | 5 | #6,515 |
| 1979 | 2,198 | #131 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1978 | 2,459 | #120 | 15 | #2,826 |
| 1977 | 2,581 | #113 | 12 | #3,254 |
| 1976 | 3,032 | #93 | 13 | #2,984 |
| 1975 | 3,422 | #85 | 17 | #2,469 |
| 1974 | 4,354 | #67 | 22 | #2,007 |
| 1973 | 5,058 | #55 | 20 | #2,066 |
| 1972 | 6,257 | #45 | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1971 | 8,013 | #38 | 34 | #1,472 |
| 1970 | 9,968 | #32 | 35 | #1,423 |
| 1969 | 11,447 | #26 | 29 | #1,506 |
| 1968 | 12,748 | #24 | 47 | #1,087 |
| 1967 | 14,787 | #19 | 54 | #987 |
| 1966 | 17,037 | #12 | 49 | #1,045 |
| 1965 | 19,700 | #7 | 51 | #1,034 |
| 1964 | 23,808 | #7 | 51 | #1,062 |
| 1963 | 25,405 | #6 | 68 | #908 |
| 1962 | 25,719 | #7 | 71 | #904 |
| 1961 | 28,679 | #7 | 76 | #876 |
| 1960 | 34,138 | #5 | 78 | #862 |
| 1959 | 36,468 | #5 | 71 | #907 |
| 1958 | 26,959 | #10 | 54 | #1,041 |
| 1957 | 28,042 | #10 | 59 | #990 |
| 1956 | 29,852 | #10 | 63 | #942 |
| 1955 | 27,940 | #10 | 55 | #1,013 |
| 1954 | 27,429 | #11 | 45 | #1,115 |
| 1953 | 24,227 | #13 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1952 | 23,718 | #13 | 35 | #1,250 |
| 1951 | 24,074 | #12 | 33 | #1,282 |
| 1950 | 21,629 | #13 | 37 | #1,191 |
| 1949 | 22,056 | #12 | 45 | #1,052 |
| 1948 | 22,033 | #11 | 46 | #1,039 |
| 1947 | 23,517 | #10 | 44 | #1,098 |
| 1946 | 19,770 | #13 | 54 | #897 |
| 1945 | 15,397 | #17 | 46 | #955 |
| 1944 | 15,173 | #17 | 51 | #889 |
| 1943 | 14,912 | #17 | 42 | #1,040 |
| 1942 | 12,987 | #20 | 50 | #936 |
| 1941 | 10,446 | #20 | 47 | #926 |
| 1940 | 9,232 | #23 | 47 | #931 |
| 1939 | 9,371 | #20 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 1938 | 9,693 | #20 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 1937 | 8,887 | #21 | 38 | #1,038 |
| 1936 | 7,932 | #22 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1935 | 7,793 | #23 | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1934 | 7,870 | #23 | 36 | #1,104 |
| 1933 | 7,360 | #24 | 31 | #1,184 |
| 1932 | 7,362 | #29 | 32 | #1,203 |
| 1931 | 6,600 | #32 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 1930 | 5,978 | #37 | 21 | #1,613 |
| 1929 | 5,139 | #47 | 17 | #1,871 |
| 1928 | 4,470 | #61 | 14 | #2,188 |
| 1927 | 3,992 | #70 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1926 | 3,008 | #90 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1925 | 2,429 | #110 | 5 | #4,371 |
| 1924 | 2,125 | #131 | 10 | #2,864 |
| 1923 | 1,578 | #156 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,349 | #166 | — | — |
| 1921 | 1,111 | #189 | — | — |
| 1920 | 959 | #202 | — | — |
| 1919 | 774 | #225 | — | — |
| 1918 | 746 | #233 | — | — |
| 1917 | 652 | #243 | — | — |
| 1916 | 606 | #247 | — | — |
| 1915 | 483 | #268 | — | — |
| 1914 | 283 | #310 | — | — |
| 1913 | 266 | #291 | — | — |
| 1912 | 227 | #298 | — | — |
| 1911 | 149 | #324 | — | — |
| 1910 | 107 | #378 | — | — |
| 1909 | 123 | #324 | — | — |
| 1908 | 98 | #365 | — | — |
| 1907 | 100 | #354 | — | — |
| 1906 | 84 | #368 | — | — |
| 1905 | 59 | #440 | — | — |
| 1904 | 61 | #413 | — | — |
| 1903 | 78 | #362 | — | — |
| 1902 | 55 | #416 | — | — |
| 1901 | 53 | #412 | — | — |
| 1900 | 79 | #376 | — | — |
| 1899 | 52 | #404 | — | — |
| 1898 | 52 | #427 | — | — |
| 1897 | 53 | #398 | — | — |
| 1896 | 40 | #458 | — | — |
| 1895 | 44 | #427 | — | — |
| 1894 | 44 | #419 | — | — |
| 1893 | 42 | #416 | — | — |
| 1892 | 43 | #406 | — | — |
| 1891 | 37 | #408 | — | — |
| 1890 | 33 | #449 | — | — |
| 1889 | 41 | #380 | — | — |
| 1888 | 37 | #404 | — | — |
| 1887 | 38 | #349 | — | — |
| 1886 | 29 | #402 | — | — |
| 1885 | 26 | #406 | — | — |
| 1884 | 22 | #429 | — | — |
| 1883 | 21 | #413 | — | — |
| 1882 | 19 | #420 | — | — |
| 1881 | 15 | #437 | — | — |
| 1880 | 17 | #407 | — | — |
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).