Meaning not yet researched.
Donnie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 89 in 2025. Its best rank was #150 in 1951.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #150 in 1951; #1,796 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Donnie in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,796 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1951, at #150.
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Donnie: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 89 boys in 2025. Peak: #150 in 1951 · most boys in one year: 1,805 (1952).
In 2025, 89 US boys were named Donnie, making it the 1,796th most common boys’ name of the year, down 28 places from #1,768 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 93 boys named Donnie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #150, reached in 1951. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,805, in 1952. For comparison, it was #1,430 in 2015 and #150 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Donnie in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #368, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 154, in 1943. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #919 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Donnie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 20 babies with the name. In all, 68,060 US babies have been given the name, 10% of them girls and 90% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 18,131 babies named Donnie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 905 US boys were named Donnie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 113. In 2025 that was about 1 in 19,192 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Donnie ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #683 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 Donia, Donie and Doni are summarised on this page.
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: Donia (1,219), Donie (1,087), Doni (823), Donyae (558), Donnia (394), Donye (370), Donni (185), Donney (106), Dounia (43), Donnye (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.
No nicknames listed for Donnie in the open dataset we use.
Donnie is listed as a nickname for Don, Donald, 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 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 6 | #683 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,134 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,344 | — |
| California | 13 | #1,376 | #1,093 |
| Texas | 8 | #1,953 | #1,210 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 89 | #1,796 |
| 2024 | — | — | 93 | #1,768 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,897 | 81 | #1,931 |
| 2022 | — | — | 92 | #1,785 |
| 2021 | — | — | 94 | #1,730 |
| 2020 | — | — | 82 | #1,816 |
| 2019 | — | — | 81 | #1,852 |
| 2018 | — | — | 79 | #1,888 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,527 | 101 | #1,596 |
| 2016 | — | — | 113 | #1,504 |
| 2015 | — | — | 120 | #1,430 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,269 | 127 | #1,352 |
| 2013 | — | — | 108 | #1,502 |
| 2012 | — | — | 116 | #1,432 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,521 | 104 | #1,527 |
| 2010 | — | — | 130 | #1,318 |
| 2009 | — | — | 122 | #1,394 |
| 2008 | — | — | 132 | #1,321 |
| 2007 | — | — | 144 | #1,227 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,991 | 134 | #1,249 |
| 2005 | — | — | 129 | #1,226 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,925 | 131 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | — | — | 153 | #1,034 |
| 2002 | — | — | 142 | #1,066 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,032 | 144 | #1,024 |
| 2000 | — | — | 160 | #950 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,629 | 165 | #905 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,503 | 185 | #812 |
| 1997 | — | — | 183 | #803 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,278 | 179 | #805 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,263 | 180 | #800 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,240 | 197 | #747 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,652 | 240 | #665 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,196 | 258 | #641 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,771 | 270 | #620 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,683 | 339 | #544 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,230 | 271 | #593 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,612 | 297 | #529 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,934 | 329 | #489 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,873 | 312 | #494 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,687 | 340 | #471 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,447 | 384 | #423 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,921 | 425 | #392 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,571 | 440 | #384 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,650 | 477 | #366 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,191 | 551 | #337 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,087 | 579 | #323 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,742 | 595 | #304 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,200 | 641 | #303 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,951 | 703 | #275 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,827 | 739 | #264 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,777 | 759 | #255 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,032 | 786 | #249 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,470 | 861 | #246 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,555 | 892 | #251 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,989 | 913 | #252 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,067 | 830 | #251 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,173 | 874 | #242 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,712 | 836 | #244 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,517 | 871 | #239 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,807 | 971 | #234 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,614 | 1,109 | #226 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,482 | 1,153 | #222 |
| 1962 | 60 | #1,434 | 1,303 | #212 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,147 | 1,379 | #207 |
| 1960 | 74 | #1,282 | 1,564 | #193 |
| 1959 | 70 | #1,281 | 1,640 | #184 |
| 1958 | 96 | #1,070 | 1,598 | #181 |
| 1957 | 80 | #1,180 | 1,717 | #177 |
| 1956 | 100 | #1,024 | 1,723 | #173 |
| 1955 | 92 | #1,050 | 1,672 | #169 |
| 1954 | 105 | #941 | 1,770 | #162 |
| 1953 | 113 | #888 | 1,790 | #156 |
| 1952 | 107 | #893 | 1,805 | #156 |
| 1951 | 103 | #893 | 1,732 | #150 |
| 1950 | 94 | #919 | 1,724 | #150 |
| 1949 | 122 | #782 | 1,619 | #156 |
| 1948 | 138 | #716 | 1,482 | #162 |
| 1947 | 122 | #781 | 1,419 | #168 |
| 1946 | 131 | #705 | 1,275 | #165 |
| 1945 | 118 | #688 | 991 | #168 |
| 1944 | 129 | #652 | 983 | #171 |
| 1943 | 154 | #606 | 920 | #180 |
| 1942 | 128 | #662 | 837 | #191 |
| 1941 | 148 | #573 | 786 | #187 |
| 1940 | 115 | #651 | 674 | #197 |
| 1939 | 116 | #628 | 641 | #196 |
| 1938 | 129 | #603 | 595 | #207 |
| 1937 | 152 | #540 | 620 | #199 |
| 1936 | 144 | #547 | 505 | #224 |
| 1935 | 126 | #574 | 425 | #263 |
| 1934 | 116 | #612 | 403 | #271 |
| 1933 | 103 | #647 | 325 | #293 |
| 1932 | 108 | #643 | 303 | #315 |
| 1931 | 113 | #624 | 237 | #365 |
| 1930 | 106 | #667 | 175 | #445 |
| 1929 | 103 | #691 | 142 | #491 |
| 1928 | 91 | #744 | 123 | #549 |
| 1927 | 92 | #750 | 91 | #671 |
| 1926 | 115 | #680 | 66 | #813 |
| 1925 | 107 | #713 | 66 | #820 |
| 1924 | 112 | #704 | 53 | #967 |
| 1923 | 103 | #718 | 50 | #985 |
| 1922 | 96 | #743 | 54 | #951 |
| 1921 | 91 | #766 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1920 | 93 | #753 | 44 | #1,051 |
| 1919 | 85 | #763 | 57 | #882 |
| 1918 | 96 | #732 | 33 | #1,216 |
| 1917 | 96 | #703 | 40 | #1,040 |
| 1916 | 67 | #826 | 35 | #1,101 |
| 1915 | 91 | #697 | 42 | #966 |
| 1914 | 76 | #667 | 26 | #1,135 |
| 1913 | 61 | #668 | 31 | #880 |
| 1912 | 58 | #661 | 16 | #1,191 |
| 1911 | 47 | #628 | 10 | #1,136 |
| 1910 | 49 | #593 | 11 | #996 |
| 1909 | 39 | #627 | 9 | #1,041 |
| 1908 | 48 | #528 | 10 | #901 |
| 1907 | 37 | #616 | 6 | #1,232 |
| 1906 | 22 | #777 | 5 | #1,288 |
| 1905 | 44 | #511 | 9 | #855 |
| 1904 | 36 | #561 | 8 | #903 |
| 1903 | 36 | #541 | 9 | #807 |
| 1902 | 29 | #614 | — | — |
| 1901 | 40 | #477 | 7 | #878 |
| 1900 | 54 | #459 | 7 | #1,075 |
| 1899 | 31 | #539 | 8 | #800 |
| 1898 | 32 | #573 | — | — |
| 1897 | 40 | #463 | 6 | #972 |
| 1896 | 24 | #640 | 11 | #684 |
| 1895 | 41 | #443 | 6 | #1,007 |
| 1894 | 27 | #560 | 7 | #884 |
| 1893 | 23 | #598 | 5 | #1,081 |
| 1892 | 37 | #444 | 7 | #877 |
| 1891 | 19 | #614 | — | — |
| 1890 | 35 | #432 | — | — |
| 1889 | 24 | #518 | 6 | #902 |
| 1888 | 24 | #515 | — | — |
| 1887 | 16 | #565 | 7 | #768 |
| 1886 | 14 | #611 | — | — |
| 1885 | 21 | #460 | — | — |
| 1884 | 11 | #647 | — | — |
| 1883 | 17 | #468 | — | — |
| 1882 | 18 | #437 | 5 | #972 |
| 1881 | 14 | #454 | — | — |
| 1880 | 20 | #368 | — | — |
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).