Recorded 1917–1925 Girls' name Peak 1922 61 births

Donabelle — girls' name

61 babies named Donabelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s191920s42
1920s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Donabelle was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

11 babies were named Donabelle in 1922 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Donabelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Donabelle between 1917 and 1925, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donabelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donabelle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Donabelle shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Donabelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donabelle 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 61 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.

Donabelle at a glance

Last recorded 1925

Total births

61

Since 1917

9 years of records

Peak year

1922

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1925

Active since

1917

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 1925

Donabelle popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1917

Last recorded 1925
Peak year (1922)
11
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
4681012 192519241923192219211920191919181917 5

Donabelle by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
42 births that decade — 69% of Donabelle's all-time total
1910s191920s42

Donabelle by state

Where Donabelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1917

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Donabelle
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Indiana
7 11.5%
Indiana share of Donabelle's total US births 11.5%

7 of 61 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Donabelle?
61 babies have been named Donabelle since 1917. It was last recorded in 1925. The peak year was 1922 with 11 births.
When was Donabelle most popular?
Donabelle was most popular in the 1920s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
Where is Donabelle most popular?
The top states for the name Donabelle are Indiana (7 births).
How long has the name Donabelle been used?
Donabelle has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 9 years of data through 1925.
What names are similar to Donabelle?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Donna, Dona, Donnie, Donald, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1925 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.