Donny
Donny is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. Its best rank was 377th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 290.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1977426 births
- Best rank
- #377in 1976
- Since 1927
- 12,857people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,857 boys have been named Donny in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 426 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1970s alone account for 21%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Donny | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | |
| 1930s | 376 | |
| 1940s | 1,413 | |
| 1950s | 2,608 | |
| 1960s | 2,436 | |
| 1970s | 2,762 | |
| 1980s | 1,485 | |
| 1990s | 686 | |
| 2000s | 576 | |
| 2010s | 352 | |
| 2020s | 145 |
In 1977, its biggest year
Donny was the 378th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1977 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Donny
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nickypeak 1959
- Reggiepeak 1979
- Daryllpeak 1960
- Raynaldopeak 1961
- Bradfordpeak 1953
- Mickypeak 1961
- Terrencepeak 1955
- Darylpeak 1956
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.