Don — #1786 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Don

The Social Security Administration has registered 167,538 babies named Don between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Don currently holds the #1786 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 4,111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Don performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 36,253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Don shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,024 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Don in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Don in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 167,538 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.