Donald
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#690
recorded as boys
Down 17 since 2024
Babies in 2025
395
boys 395
Peak year
1934
30,408 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,420,387
since 1880
Born a Donald? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Donald was most popular in 1934, when 30,408 babies recorded as boys got the name (29.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 395 babies were named Donald, ranking #690 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 395 | 690 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 408 | 673 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 415 | 659 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 403 | 676 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 468 | 596 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 450 | 608 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 513 | 549 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 541 | 524 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 603 | 486 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 625 | 489 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 696 | 440 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 738 | 419 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 711 | 415 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 729 | 400 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 788 | 377 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 765 | 377 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 839 | 363 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 992 | 332 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 999 | 321 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 1,098 | 303 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 1,150 | 289 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11624 | 1,251 | 263 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 1,308 | 253 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 1,289 | 252 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 1,470 | 231 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 1,609 | 217 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 1,747 | 192 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 1,862 | 180 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9017 | 1,970 | 173 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 2,184 | 158 |
| 1995 | 8 | 9553 | 2,252 | 155 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13430 | 2,652 | 132 |
| 1993 | 12 | 7038 | 2,996 | 118 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 3,266 | 110 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8588 | 3,650 | 102 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7303 | 4,177 | 87 |
| 1989 | 18 | 4848 | 4,323 | 82 |
| 1988 | 36 | 2867 | 4,328 | 76 |
| 1987 | 42 | 2434 | 4,501 | 70 |
| 1986 | 34 | 2779 | 4,661 | 71 |
| 1985 | 37 | 2601 | 4,750 | 66 |
| 1984 | 36 | 2574 | 5,062 | 63 |
| 1983 | 47 | 2097 | 5,327 | 60 |
| 1982 | 46 | 2185 | 5,712 | 58 |
| 1981 | 40 | 2409 | 5,910 | 56 |
| 1980 | 46 | 2189 | 6,269 | 53 |
| 1979 | 63 | 1731 | 6,508 | 51 |
| 1978 | 38 | 2350 | 6,423 | 48 |
| 1977 | 35 | 2463 | 6,866 | 46 |
| 1976 | 59 | 1662 | 6,792 | 47 |
| 1975 | 57 | 1672 | 7,197 | 42 |
| 1974 | 47 | 1848 | 7,758 | 41 |
| 1973 | 75 | 1339 | 8,361 | 38 |
| 1972 | 77 | 1313 | 9,261 | 36 |
| 1971 | 67 | 1500 | 10,872 | 34 |
| 1970 | 64 | 1526 | 12,397 | 30 |
| 1969 | 77 | 1276 | 12,775 | 30 |
| 1968 | 73 | 1291 | 13,362 | 29 |
| 1967 | 84 | 1155 | 14,226 | 27 |
| 1966 | 82 | 1178 | 14,713 | 27 |
| 1965 | 61 | 1407 | 16,033 | 26 |
| 1964 | 68 | 1361 | 18,045 | 25 |
| 1963 | 84 | 1188 | 18,896 | 25 |
| 1962 | 70 | 1323 | 20,425 | 23 |
| 1961 | 76 | 1268 | 21,409 | 22 |
| 1960 | 87 | 1165 | 22,744 | 19 |
| 1959 | 88 | 1135 | 23,876 | 19 |
| 1958 | 94 | 1081 | 25,015 | 18 |
| 1957 | 92 | 1090 | 27,910 | 15 |
| 1956 | 85 | 1116 | 28,223 | 14 |
| 1955 | 69 | 1209 | 27,726 | 14 |
| 1954 | 66 | 1224 | 29,279 | 14 |
| 1953 | 69 | 1164 | 28,361 | 14 |
| 1952 | 72 | 1107 | 28,269 | 13 |
| 1951 | 65 | 1160 | 27,916 | 15 |
| 1950 | 51 | 1285 | 26,999 | 14 |
| 1949 | 68 | 1088 | 27,121 | 13 |
| 1948 | 48 | 1327 | 26,442 | 14 |
| 1947 | 63 | 1127 | 28,260 | 13 |
| 1946 | 72 | 985 | 26,273 | 13 |
| 1945 | 47 | 1142 | 22,138 | 12 |
| 1944 | 60 | 1005 | 23,468 | 11 |
| 1943 | 69 | 944 | 24,421 | 11 |
| 1942 | 76 | 897 | 23,955 | 10 |
| 1941 | 63 | 924 | 22,641 | 10 |
| 1940 | 84 | 762 | 23,115 | 9 |
| 1939 | 83 | 752 | 24,056 | 8 |
| 1938 | 79 | 792 | 26,677 | 7 |
| 1937 | 81 | 752 | 27,868 | 7 |
| 1936 | 88 | 711 | 28,639 | 7 |
| 1935 | 112 | 614 | 29,674 | 7 |
| 1934 | 110 | 635 | 30,408 | 6 |
| 1933 | 133 | 551 | 28,450 | 7 |
| 1932 | 125 | 587 | 29,794 | 7 |
| 1931 | 160 | 517 | 29,100 | 7 |
| 1930 | 175 | 506 | 29,052 | 7 |
| 1929 | 170 | 522 | 27,181 | 7 |
| 1928 | 170 | 536 | 25,704 | 7 |
| 1927 | 144 | 588 | 23,834 | 8 |
| 1926 | 133 | 618 | 20,912 | 9 |
| 1925 | 105 | 719 | 19,193 | 10 |
| 1924 | 85 | 809 | 17,929 | 10 |
| 1923 | 53 | 1037 | 16,433 | 10 |
| 1922 | 56 | 997 | 14,913 | 12 |
| 1921 | 57 | 987 | 13,776 | 13 |
| 1920 | 46 | 1103 | 11,941 | 16 |
| 1919 | 42 | 1133 | 9,904 | 17 |
| 1918 | 38 | 1214 | 9,972 | 18 |
| 1917 | 29 | 1377 | 8,729 | 20 |
| 1916 | 22 | 1630 | 7,736 | 20 |
| 1915 | 20 | 1672 | 7,116 | 20 |
| 1914 | 19 | 1480 | 4,835 | 23 |
| 1913 | 14 | 1601 | 3,702 | 25 |
| 1912 | 7 | 2360 | 2,872 | 27 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 1,275 | 36 |
| 1910 | 6 | 2140 | 860 | 44 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 725 | 42 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 664 | 45 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 616 | 44 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 486 | 51 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 425 | 59 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 413 | 58 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 359 | 60 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 366 | 63 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 250 | 77 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 328 | 79 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 258 | 74 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 238 | 88 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 195 | 92 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 211 | 94 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 203 | 96 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 169 | 106 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 166 | 105 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 137 | 123 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 100 | 136 |
| 1890 | 5 | 1338 | 109 | 131 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 75 | 180 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 77 | 194 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 60 | 198 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 57 | 224 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 47 | 241 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 59 | 216 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 52 | 208 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 48 | 242 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 27 | 313 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 46 | 244 |
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Where Donald is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years