Donella
Donella is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195251 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1910
- 1,818people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,818 girls have been named Donella in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 51 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 51 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1970s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Donella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 53 | |
| 1920s | 161 | |
| 1930s | 146 | |
| 1940s | 244 | |
| 1950s | 312 | |
| 1960s | 305 | |
| 1970s | 333 | |
| 1980s | 183 | |
| 1990s | 69 | |
| 2000s | 6 | |
| 2010s | 6 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Donella was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Donella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keithapeak 1969
- Johnettapeak 1952
- Thomasinapeak 1966
- Lavettapeak 1965
- Vanitapeak 1971
- Carlettapeak 1970
- Vanettapeak 1962
- Lawanapeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.