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Donn

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Donn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 366th, in 1949.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of boys
Peak year
1949341 births
Best rank
#366in 1949
Since 1912
6,553people given the name
Babies named Donn, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

6,553 boys have been named Donn in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1949, with 341 births.

The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 341 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1950s alone account for 28%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Donn
1910s145
1920s671
1930s827
1940s1,294
1950s1,822
1960s964
1970s458
1980s207
1990s85
2000s46
2010s24
2020s10

In 1949, its biggest year

Donn was the 366th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1949 were James, Robert, John, William and Michael. See all of 1949.

Names that rose and fell with Donn

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

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.